M65, M66, NGC 3628

"The Leo Trio"

Constellation- Leo

Right Ascension: 11h  21m 1 s

Declination: 13° 11' 53"

Distance:  light years

Visual Brightness: mag 10

Apparent Dimension:   9.7 x 2.8, 9.2 x 4.2, 14.7 x 2.9 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken- March 7, 2006

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- Takahashi FS-78 @ f/8.1, ST-8XE NABG @ -20C, autoguided with PHD 2.5 or internal guide chip

Integrations-  LRGB, L = 8 x 900 seconds binned 1x1, RGB = 5 x 600 seconds each binned 2x2

Processing- Flats and darks in CCDSoft, aligned, combined, and processed  in CCDSoft and Photoshop CS5