M65 & M66
M65 & M66 Galaxies in Leo

M65 & M66 Galaxies in Leo Crop

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Date April 18-20, 2017; reprocessed 2023
Exposure LRGB 380:80:60:70 (9.8 hours, cropped)
Camera STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters
Telescope ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding Remote guide head with MiniBorg 50 mm
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS6, NIK Efex Pro, DenoiseAI, StarXterminator
Comments Moderate to good seeing; acquired with CCD Commander from Animas, NM


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M65 & M66 Galaxies in Leo
Date 4/22/2006
Exposure LRGB 50:15:10:10  (RGB binned 2x2)
Camera ST2000XM with SBIG filters
Telescope Celestron C8 @ f/6.7 on Losmandy G11 w/Gemini
Guiding self-guided
Processing MaximDL, FITS Liberator, PhotoshopCS2, AstroActions, PixInsightLE
Comments Clear but with passing clouds; had to stop because of clouds