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The Details |
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Object |
The Leo Trio - M65, M66 and NGC3628 (aka Arp 317) |
Optics |
Astro-Physics 160 EDF refractor at f/7.7 with dedicated field flattener |
Platform |
Astro-Physics 1200 GTO |
Camera |
SBIG STL-11000M |
Filters |
Tru-Balance LRGB filter set |
Date |
15 March 2007 |
Location |
Red Cloud Road, Eastern Riverside County CA |
Exposure |
L 8 x 600 sec 1x1 bin; RGB 3 ea x 600 sec 1x1 bin |
Software |
Maxim DL/CCD, Registar, Photoshop CS 2 |
| Notes | This galaxy triplet is a favorite target of astro-imagers. Located in the rump of Leo the Lion between Theta and Iota Leonis, this gravitationally linked grouping lies about 35 million light years from Earth. M65 is the oblique spiral in the lower left, M66 the barred spiral in the upper left, and NGC 3628 the distorted edge-on galaxy at lower right. |
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