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The Leo Triplet

22:34 22/4/2006 UTC

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Motivated by the last attempt I went to the dark site to try this one again. I had made some modifications to my guiding script, which seemed to boost up success rate. Unfortunately I had lots of tube currents during the first 30 minutes which ruined half of the useful frames. However I like how this turned out and how the resolution was improved despite of poor tracking. There is also small galaxy IC2745 in the field below NGC3628.

NGC/IC Object List:
NGC3623 galaxy RA:11h18m55.6 Dec:+13°05m'27" BMag:10.1, M 65
NGC3627 galaxy RA:11h20m15.1 Dec:+12°59m'24" BMag: 9.7, M 66
NGC3628 galaxy RA:11h20m16.7 Dec:+13°35m'24" BMag:10.4, UGC 6350
IC2745 galaxy RA:11h21m31.7 Dec:+13°25m'37" BMag:15.3, ZWG 67.59

leotriplet-2006.04.22-22h34m.jpg

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Camera: Modified Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) | Telescope: Orion Optics Europa 200mm f6 Newtonian reflector | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Filters: - | Guiding: Orion ShortTube 80mm f5 refractor, QCGuider, Phillips ToUCam Pro II webcam | Exposure: 15x120s (20m) ISO800 f6, 5 darks, 5 flats | Software: IRIS, GIMP | Location: 60°39'N 26°48'E (Huruksela/Kotka, FI) | Target altitude in the beginning of the exposure 31°

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Added: 11:22 23/4/2006 UTC