Leo Galaxy Cluster, Well, Just, lol.

[Nigella Bryant]

Hi all just posting an image pointing towards three galaxies in the Leo Major constellation. Image taken with a Canon modded 1000d and a 75mm-300mm telephoto lens working at 135mm. Exposure 7x60s stacked in deepsky stacker. D2 light pollution filter used. Only just pic out the three galaxies in the centre of the image.

[Chris49]

Hi Nigella,

This is my best effort from March 2017 - not an APOD 😉: EOS7D not modded, mounted on tracking A-VX, 70-300 at 280mm at f/8, best 12 out of 16 - 4min subs at ISO1600.  One dark and one bias, stacked in DSS.  I found stopping down the lens made a huge difference to the star roundness.

 

Chris

[Pete Presland]

@Nigella Bryant definitely there though, very well captured especially for 60 seconds exposures.