Leo triple

[RSummerfield]

The Leo triple, this single image is a mosaic of 9 images, all taken within a few minutes of each other, combined together to create a field of view that is wide enough to enclose the "Leo triple". Each of the 9 images was viewed for about 5 minutes, so the total viewing time is 45 minutes.

Viewed using the Unistellar eVscope, on the 19 March 2022, in Chislehurst (Est. Bortle 7-8).

The eVscope is a digital telescope being a 450 mm focal length Newtonian telescope, with a 115 mm aperture (f/4), built into the eVscope is a Sony IMX224 sensor, the output of the sensor is displayed in the eVscope's "eyepeice".



The 9 eVscope images were combined using Photoshop.

[Carole]

This one definitely needs long exposure.  Presume you have used the longest and most you can use with this scope.

Carole

[The Thing]

Interesting having a go at this type of target with this sort of scope. You should probably be thinking in terms of 25-30 'views' or subs at least, then you should start to see the full extent of the galaxies. I would download DeepSkyStacker (free) to combine the images and do the initial stretch then Photoshop to process the result, tweak colour and curves etc.

[Carole]

We would do several hours on these, but every little helps. 

Carole