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M95 & M96 galaxy group in Leo
The M95 Galaxy Group, aka: the Leo I
Group or M96 Group, is a collection of galaxies in the constellation Leo,
roughly 32–38 million light-years from Earth. Its most prominent member,
Messier 95 (M95/NGC 3351) is a 9.7-magnitude barred spiral galaxy known
for a distinct, star-forming ring around its nucleus. M96 is the one at
bottom left. The spiral galaxy M95 is at the bottom right, At the far
upper left is the bright elliptical galaxy NGC 3384 and smaller NGC 3389.
Below and to the right of NGC 3384 is the bright rounded galaxy M105.
Incidentally, there appears to be an asteroid trail at 11o'clock with
respect to M96.
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This s a joint project of James
Foster and Michael Stecker using a Sky-Watcher 250P 10-inch f/4 Newtonian
telescope with a monochrome ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro full frame camera in the
LRGB mode. Exposure lengths were: Lum:126min,R:38min,G:43min, and B:38min
with subs about 100-seconds each.
file:
M96Group-LRGBddp3gRBF2-a2esm.jpg
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here for full resolution photo
Photographic Data
telescope:
Tky-Watcher 250P 10-inch f/4
Newtonian telescope
guiding:
off-axis
mount:
iOptron CEM60
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imaging
camera:
ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro full frame
monochrome camera
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imaging mode and
exposures:
LRGB mode. Exposure lengths were:
Lum:126min,R:38min,G:43min, and B:38min with subs about 100-seconds each.
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photographic site:
WJames Foster observatory at Pinon
Pines (Frazier Park) California
(Bortle 4 at 5,500 ft elevation)
Cropped image for
MM95
& M96 galaxy group in Leo
file:
M96Group-LRGBddp3gRBF2-a2ecrfM95&M96cr1sm.jpg
Cropped photo
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here for full resolution photo
Same photo data as above. but
with different post-processing
in Photoshop
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M105
(center-right), NGC 3384 (uppeer
left) and NGC 3389 -- cropped
from top photo
file:
M96Group-LRGBddp3gRBF2-crfNGC3384b2.jpg
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here for full resolution photo
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