Leo Trio of Galaxies

The trio of galaxies is a popular multi galaxy system. The galaxies are fairly bright and grouped well within 1 deg field of view. A wide angle eyepiece and dark skies will show all three in one eyepiece view on an 8" scope. See the individual galaxy pages for a closer shot of each one. This image is a composite with the three individual images pasted into a background image I obtained from the internet. I could have imaged the entire area with the MX-5C, but that would have required considerable time imaging the star background, and I still have over 3,000 galaxies to image.

	Scope: 8" LX 200 SCT
	M-5C CCD Camera
	Focal Ratio: f4
	Exposure: About 40 min for each galaxy
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Galaxy Trio in Leo
	Constellation: Leo Size: About 3/4 degree Magnitude: About 10 RA: 11h 19m Dec: 13d 19m
The trio of galaxies is a popular multi galaxy system. The galaxies are fairly bright and grouped well within 1 deg field of view. A wide angle eyepiece and dark skies will show all three in one eyepiece view on an 8" scope. See the individual galaxy pages for a closer shot of each one. This image is a composite with the three individual images pasted into a background image I obtained from the internet. I could have imaged the entire area with the MX-5C, but that would have required considerable time imaging the star background, and I still have over 3,000 galaxies to image.