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| The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo.
This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65(bottom right), the M66(bottom left), and the NGC 3628(on top). More informations are also available at the Wikipedia website |
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| Optics |
130 mm f/5.0 Astro-Physics EDF Refractor with AP Telecompressor. TMB Triplet Apo 80 mm f/6 for guiding |
| Mount |
Astro-Physics AP 900GTO |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XME. With a Remote Guiding Head |
| Filters | SBIG CFW9. Astrodon LRGB filters. Baader-Planetarium 7 nm Ha,SII,OII, filters |
| Focuser | Robofocus focuser and Focusmax software |
| Dates | february 2009. |
| Location | Lentin Observatory |
| Exposure | LRGB,L=45x3mn bin1,R=31X5mn,G=28X5mn,B=30X5mn bin2,-30°c. Scale= 2.14^s/pixel. total time 9h40 |
| Acquisition | All data's were acquired unattended with ACP Observatory Control Software V5 DC3 Dreams and MaxIm DL 5, including sky flats , |
| Processing | MaxIm DL 5, PixInsight 1.2, Photoshop CS4. |
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