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Old 17-05-2009, 10:01 PM
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Late Leo Triplet

Have been a bit tardy not having "developed" this before now - came across this late March data while cleaning up my astro data drive.

Had quite a bit of trouble on the night with clouds, usual light pollution and the neighbour's spotlight going on and off during subs. First time I'd seen this object in one of my scopes, and was intrigued with the field, so kept shooting frames for a while to see what I could get. Had to work on it a bit with PixInsight LE to sort out background gradient (GradientXTerminator might be a good investment if I'm going to keep living in the city...). Tracking not as tight as I'd like, but pretty happy with the outcome.

11 x 3 min subs, flats, darks
450D on 8" Newt, MPCC, IDAS LPS
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Old 17-05-2009, 10:06 PM
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Nice detail there Robstars could be a little tighter but all in all a very pleasing image
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Old 17-05-2009, 10:22 PM
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That's very nice Rob.
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Old 18-05-2009, 09:26 AM
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Excellent! This one of my favourite observing targets.

Cheers Petra d.
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Old 18-05-2009, 10:24 AM
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I like the detail in the galaxies - very nice indeed!
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