The galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628 comprise the Leo Triplet
or the M66 Group which is about 35 Mly from us.
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Date: 26 March 2023 and 9 May 2023
FOV: cropped to 90' × 60'; the angular size of the Hamburger
Galaxy, NGC 3628, is about 14' × 3.6'
Telescope: Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 (714mm, f/7)
Guiding: ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
Computer: ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
Mount: ZWO AM5
Camera: ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 90
Filter: Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut
Stacking: 74 frames (26 March 2023) and 40 frames (9 May 2023), all 114 frames
240 seconds with dark flats, darks, and flats preprocessed in Pixinsight
Total Time: 7 hours 36 minutes
Processing: Pixinsight – SPPC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT, DynCrop → Linear
MStr, GHS, HST, PMath MStr + GHS + HST → Stars, Sat,
StarXT, MStr, GHS, HST, PMath MStr + GHS + HST → Starless,
HDR8464PhLm, Sat, PMath ~(~Stars*~Starless) → Blend, scale
Location: Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY
