Leo Triplet

Leo Triplet
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Leo Triplet

The Leo Triplet, also called the M66 group, is a small group of interacting spiral galaxies in Leo. It is composed of two Messier objects, M65 and M66, as well as NGC 3628.
It lies at an approximate distance of 35 million light years from Earth.

This image was captured with CHI-2 (ASA500N), data from 2 one-clicks.

Total integration time 130 minutes.
LRGB: 4:2:4:3 subs of 600s with each filter.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
CHI-2 (ASA500N, 50cm)
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
FLI PL16803
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
29/01 and 2/02/2022
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Filters
LRGB
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Processing
Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Credits
One-click observations TL
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