Leo Triplet

18:54 13/3/2007 UTC

Pretty lousy transparency during this session. Leo is in the most light polluted parts from my backyard at this time. Light pollution and transparency equals low signal to noise ratio, so nothing spectacular came out despite of rather long exposure. Leo Triplet galaxies are rather small in my equipments FOV. This image is cropped from the full resolution version.

NGC/IC Object List:
NGC3623 galaxy RA:11h18m55.6 Dec:+13°05m'27" BMag:10.1, M 65
NGC3627 galaxy RA:11h20m15.1 Dec:+12°59m'24" BMag: 9.7, M 66
NGC3628 galaxy RA:11h20m16.7 Dec:+13°35m'24" BMag:10.4, UGC 6350

Camera: Modified Canon EOS 350D | Telescope: Skywatcher ED80 Pro 80mm f7.5 refractor, William Optics 0.8x focal reducer | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Filters: Baader IR/UV block | Guiding: Orion ShortTube 80mm f5 refractor, QCGuider, Teleskop-Service 1.5x Barlow, Phillips ToUCam Pro II webcam | Exposure: 45x120s (1h30m) ISO400 f6, 5 darks, 10 flats, bias | Software: IRIS, GIMP | Location: 60°31'N 26°52'E (Koivula/Kotka,FI) | Image Field: 1.533 x 1.15 degrees | Image Center: Ra 11h19m43s Dec +13°16'51" | Target altitude in the beginning of the exposure 31°