Astrophotos

Location: Mount Pinos, CA
Date: March 28, 2003
Subject: The Leo Trio
Exposure: One 45-min. exposure adjusted in Adobe Photoshop
Telescope: Borg 100ED @ f/6.6
Mount: Losmandy GM-8
Guiding: ST-4 autoguider
Film: Fuji Super HQ 100
Comments: Terrible nights for photography. Lots of high cirrus and gusty winds. This shot is one of the better ones. The Leo Trio or Leo Triplet lies just 2.5 degrees southeast of theta Leonis and consists of M65 (upper left), M65 (lower left), and NGC 3628 (right). They are bright and easily visible through small scopes but are spectacular though a large scope and a wide-field eyepiece.