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Name: M65 & M66   

 

This imagine was taken whilst at Watson's Way Country Stay which is N/E of Mukinbudin in Western Australia. 

 

http://members.westnet.com.au/watsonsway/

 

M65 & M65 are two of the galaxies that make up the Leo Triplet.  The third galaxy of the triplet is NGC 3628 which is not in this image.

 

 

 

Date: 25/04/2009 Deepskystacker: Auto Adaptive Weigthed Average.
Location: Watson's Way
Camera: Canon 20D - Standard Photoshop CS2: levels, colour balance, curves, saturation, scaling, jpeg conversion . 
Optics: Mead LX200R
Exposure: 1600ASA -10 x  604 Seconds
Total Exposure:  100 Minutes.
Guiding: DSI on Skywatcher ED80.  
   

Position in Sky

 
RA (J2000):     11h 18.955m  
DEC (J2000):  13* 5.105 '  
Constellation:  Leo  
Distance: 35 Million Light Years