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Old 26-04-2016, 07:46 AM
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Leo Trio and a Mystery

This is an image of the Leo Trio of Galaxies which includes M65 and M66 and NGC 3628.

http://www.astropix.com/NGC3628.html

Click on the link to see a larger version with more information.

I shot more than 7 hours worth of exposure specifically trying to see if I could pick up the faint tidal tail of NGC 3628. The tail is a stream of stars that stretches some 300 million light years from the galaxy.

I also recorded something of what was, initially, mystery in this fairly deep image. I did figure out what it was eventually. Click on this link here to see what it was. It was quite a surprise.

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Old 26-04-2016, 04:54 PM
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Well done Jerry, to get the Tidal Tail and also 67P, what a great shot!.
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Old 26-04-2016, 04:59 PM
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yep really nice capture and processing Jerry.
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Old 26-04-2016, 05:18 PM
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Wonderful shot! Really nice to see what can be achieved from sky polluted areas
Also a very interesting read in your discovery of that comet
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Old 26-04-2016, 09:11 PM
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Hi Jerry,

Beaut capture of the tidal tail and a nice piece of detective work on the comet.

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Old 26-04-2016, 09:19 PM
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Great story on the tidal wave and comets Jerry. Very informative and a good read.
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Old 26-04-2016, 09:26 PM
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Wonderful shot
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Old 27-04-2016, 05:04 AM
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Thanks everyone for your kind words!

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Old 27-04-2016, 07:52 AM
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I 've read your webpage like a detective story
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Old 27-04-2016, 11:37 AM
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Good detective work there Jerry. The picture is good too. Getting those tidal tails so nicely is not easy.
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Old 27-04-2016, 01:20 PM
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The comet story is just brilliant! Congratulations!

Great image, too.
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Old 28-04-2016, 12:04 AM
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Hello Jerry,

brilliant! I did NGC 3628 at nearly the same time, and wasn't aware of 67P also. I thought Jupiter was doing some nasty things in my FOV, but...

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Old 28-04-2016, 04:18 PM
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Thanks to everyone who took a look!

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Old 28-04-2016, 08:11 PM
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Nice image and cool story Jerry

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