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Messier 65 & 66
This is 2/3's of the famed Leo Triplet taken at the TCAA Sugar Grove Observatory. The field of view was just a bit too small to fit all three galaxies. Celestron HD1100, Apogee U16M, Paramount ME Luminance: 4X900 RGB: 3X900 each channel 10 darks, one flat
Taken by: Tony Cellini & Bob Finnigan
Date: 3/13/2012
Exposure: 3.25 hours
Hubble Space Telescope image: Out of this whirl: The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and companion galaxy
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