M65, M66, NGC3628

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Description

Group of galaxies in the constellation Lion

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Date

February 16/23/28, 2004

Telescope

Pentax 75 SDHF @f/6.7 (f=500mm), Losmandy G11 mount, FS2 drive unit

CCD Camera

ST-2000XM at -25°C

Exposure

LRGB: 9x900s (1x1) / 1800s (1x1) / 1500s (1x1) / 2100s (1x1)

Localisation

Kriftel / Rhein-Main area

Conditions

Bad Conditions, light pollution, Fringe Killer Filter

Note

LRGB exposure (above), L exposure enlarged (below)

Image Processing

Full calibration, unsharp mask, histogram stretching