Leo Triplet

[Sam]

I shouldn't really post this as it's not very good. The reason I am posting it is it's from 3 exposures of 45secs each and I am just amazed at what can appear :shock:. It's also the first time I've seen these three. The cloud wasn't playing nicely tonight! In this case it's not quite the Leo Triplet - more like the Leo 2.5.

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3 X 45sec with Canon 400D on Orion XT8 on a HEQ5 with cloud.

Sam

[Cloudwatcher]

- more like the Leo 2.5.

3 X 45sec with Canon 400D on Orion XT8 on a HEQ5 with cloud.

Sam

Hehe! That's pretty good even if you have short changed us.

Cheers

CW

[Parallax]

You're getting too good at this. The're coming thick and fast now.

[steppenwolf]

AAaaarrrgggghhh, a fraction out with the framing but a nice capture nonetheless!

[jgs001]

Nice one Sam

[Roy Batty]

Shame about clipping off part of one of them, but still a good capture all the same.

cheers

RB

[barkis]

Nice image Sam, matters not about the clipped one. It is it's own fault for moving.

Ron.

[Sam]

Thanks for the kind words on the Leo 2.5 image, I going to revisit this when the clouds go away and hopefully improve it somewhat.

Sam

[centroid]

So close to the perfect 'frame' Sam, but still a good result.

Nice work!!

Dave

[moondog]

Good capture Sam, it's never easy on these small faint objects. You often can't see what you've got until you process the images.

8)

MD