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Leo Triplet

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - TSA102 and QSI683-8

Guiding - QSI OAG and SBIG ST-i.

LRGB 190 80 80 110(10 minute sub exposures for Lum and Blue; Red and Green were 5 minutes)

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6

Object - Located in the constellation of Leo at a distance of around 35 million years. There are also in the background plenty of smaller galaxies in the field too.