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Old 14-05-2015, 03:51 PM
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The Leo Triplet Galaxies and the Tidal Tail of NGC 3628

Hi all, time to post another image, again of a popular galaxy group, the Leo Triplet.

I again pushed a bit the processing here to make visible the most intriguing features of this trio, i.e. the spectacular tidal tail of NGC 3628, the hamburger galaxy.

Leo Trio

This one is a classic LRGB composition, totaling 8 hours of light, half of that in Luminance. Unfortunately found out that several RGB fits were, well, unfit for the composition so the chroma contribution is somewhat less than what I use to add, however it turned out still good enough to bring vibe to the luminance.
Details on the galaxies are clearly limited by my relatively short focal length but I got my goal to image most of the tidal tail

Hope you will like it. As usual full resolution image is visible clicking at the dedicated bottom right icon on the web page.

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Old 14-05-2015, 04:38 PM
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Beautiful, simply beautiful !!!
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Old 14-05-2015, 05:14 PM
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Wow that's remarkable! I didn't even know the tail existed. Amazing shot!
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Old 14-05-2015, 05:15 PM
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Welcome back Marco ... congrats this is a great image.

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Old 14-05-2015, 05:38 PM
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That tidal tail is just spectacular - awash with detail.
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Old 14-05-2015, 06:46 PM
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That's a fantastic rendition of a northern hemisphere favourite, Marco! Double points if you managed that from Coona.

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Old 14-05-2015, 07:28 PM
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Old 14-05-2015, 08:13 PM
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Very cool Marco. Despite the lack of chroma data, you've certainly been able to make it punch. Thoroughly enjoyed the view.
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Old 14-05-2015, 11:53 PM
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Thanks all for the appreciation, this is one if not the most intriguing galaxy trio in the sky, and very well located too, visible from both hemispheres

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That's a fantastic rendition of a northern hemisphere favourite, Marco! Double points if you managed that from Coona.

Cheers,
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Thanks Rick and yes, it was taken from Coona, from my observatory. In fact this area is much "easier" than the Pleiades since it culminate at 45 degrees of altitude, more than 10 degrees higher

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Wow that's remarkable! I didn't even know the tail existed. Amazing shot!
Thanks Keving, probably you missed the post from Leo that anticipated me several days with the same target

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Welcome back Marco ... congrats this is a great image.

All the best,
Leo
Thanks Leo, what is remarkable is also the color balance we got is very similar, probably we are following the same flow Au pair with yours trio!
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Old 18-05-2015, 07:07 PM
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Beautiful photo Marco.

Amazing detail, especially the tidal tail.

Go Coona skies!!

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Old 23-05-2015, 01:15 AM
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Beautiful photo Marco.

Amazing detail, especially the tidal tail.

Go Coona skies!!

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Thanks Ross

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Old 23-05-2015, 06:03 PM
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Great photo Marco. One of the best renditions of the tidal that I've seen. Nice colour and detail in the galaxies as well
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