Leo Triplet

[Xplode]

A couple nights ago i got a few lights on the Leo triplet before clouds ruined the rest of the night.

16x300s @ ISO 1600 with Canon 6Da through 8" f/5 newtonian.

Corners have some problem after a meridian flip where i didn't recenter 100% and it looks like collimation is a little out too

Not happy with the image as a whole, but at least the galaxies looks good and the noise isn't too bad taking into account that this is just over 1 hour in warmer than usual temperatures.

[tingting44]

i like that a lot, what program did you use to process? also did you process each galaxy individually?

this was my target last night, but cloud came in so didnt bother going to my dark site

[Owmuchonomy]

Nice shot Ole.  Can I ask what processing software you used?

[Xplode]

All galaxies in one go with Pixinsight Background was adjusted in PS, but no other processing outside PI.

[tingting44]

All galaxies in one go with Pixinsight Background was adjusted in PS, but no other processing outside PI.

again great job, and only an hour worth of data

[Xplode]

again great job, and only an hour worth of data

Thank you.

I was surprised at how good it ended up with the short amount of data.

I think it makes a nice difference that it's much darker now than during winter, SQM at my observatory is around 21.15 at the best, but during winter it's around 20.7

Looking at the area around NGC3628 i see a very faint small part of the tidal wave.

Really hoping i can get some more data on this before season ends and maybe even with the new scope if it's finished soon.

[robbie c]

That's a great image Ole