• The Leo Triplet
    • M65, M66, NGC 3628
  • The galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628 comprise the Leo Triplet.
  • Date:  29 October 2022
  • FOV:  cropped to 68' × 45'; the angular size of the Hamberger Galaxy,
  • NGC 3628, is about 14' × 3.6'
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 (714mm, f/7)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 240
  • Filter:  Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut
  • Stacking:  Twelve 240 second frames with darks and flats in Deep Sky Stacker
  • Total Time:  48 minutes
  • Processing:  GIMP – Levels, Curves, Saturation, Color Balance,
  • Brightness-Contrast, and Star Reduction using Value Propagate
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY