Leo Triplet (DSLR)

[terrym2002uk]

Heres an image of the Leo Triplet that I've been working on. I think this is my best effort to date... well is certainly the most effort i've put in to taking and processing an image thats for sure. Its also my first proper guided image.

Hope you like it and please tell me what you think.

Object : M65, M66 and NGC 3268

Taken : 25-26/03/2012

Mount: HEQ5 PRO

Scope: SW 200P DS F/5 with Baader MPCC

Guide: 50m FinderGuider with Orion SSAG & PHD

Camera: Canon EOS 500D unmodified

Subs:27x5min ISO800, 16x5min ISO1600 with Darks,Flats and Bias (3hrs 35mins)

Software: DSS & Pixinsight

[Frogpills]

You've got some very nice detail in there. The guiding seems to be working well, all hail guiding.

[Stargazer Jack]

Very nice images with lots of detail

[Quatermass]

Thats a great image tons of details in the dust lanes as well, I can see Im going to have to go back to this one again when Mr Blobby has gone home, nice one.

[Sam]

Very nice image, lots of detail and colour.

[Gina]

Yes, great image Nice lot of detail, lovely colours and good guiding - I think you've got it cracked

[Bizibilder]

Very nice image and well worth the hours you put in to collect and process it.

[terrym2002uk]

Thanks everyone. Its been a bit of a struggle getting this far, so the encouragement is great.

The guiding took me quite a while to get working, and good polar alignment and a drift align with APT really helped nail it. I've tried not to stress at the PHD graph, after all its the results that count.

Pixinsight has been a godsend too, just need to work out how to get the best out of it.

btw, nobody spotted the deliberate mistake - its NGC3628 and not 3268

Theres a full frame on flickr and there are another two or three galaxies in there I need to work out what they are.

Thanks again.

[Hawklord]

To get the best from PI watch Harry Page's video tutorials. I often process mine alongside following his videos. A big 'Thanks' to Harry by the way.