M65, M66, NGC3628 - The Leo Trio
| Constellation: |
Leo (the Lion) |
| Type: |
Galaxy |
| Position: |
Position data for M65
RA13h18m 54s
Dec+13d5m |
| Magnitude: |
9 |
| Exposure: |
Composite of four images using LRGB technique.
RGB: Taken 4-28-03
2 X 20 minutes on Kodak Elite Chrome 200
Luminance: Taken 4-28-03.
2 X 20 minutes on hypered Tech Pan. |
| Processing: |
Images were aligned in Registar, combined
in Photoshop.
Luminance layering, vignette correction, curves, color balance adjusted in Photoshop. |
| Equipment: |
Meade 6" f/6 Newtonian OTA mounted on a Losmandy G-11 Gemini mount
guided with an SBIG ST-4 autoguider and Celestron guidescope using a home made
side-by-side dovetail bracket. |
| Notes: |
Trio of galaxies in Leo showing us differing faces.
M66 (lower right) is the most face on. M65 (upper right) is more edge on.
NGC3628 (on the left) is a nice edge-on galaxy with a prominent dust lane.On 4-5-08, I
took a new digital image of these three objects. |
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