Designation:
M66
Date:
April 25th, 2016
Camera:
Canon EOS 7D Mark II ( unmodified )
Optics:
Orion ED80mm Carbon Fibre Triplet
Focal Length:
600 mm
Exposure:
17 x 180sec
ISO:
1600
Mount:
Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding:
Orion Star Shoot Auto Guider
Software:
Adobe Photoshop, DSS, Astroflat
Notes:
The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628.