Galaxy M66 (NGC3627)

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<Image : Galaxy M66>
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<<Photography Data>>
Date: January 7th, 2003.
Location: Mito, Ibaraki, Japan.
Vixen R200SS 200mm Newtonian (f800mm F4.0)
(with coma corrector lens for R200SS)
IDAS LPS-P1 filter
Vixen GP·D equatorial mount
automatically guided with D80mm f560mm refractor + ST-V
BITRAN cooled CCD camera BJ-41L(-18.0 °C)
IDAS Type Ⅲ RGB separation filter
R,G and B images were taken with 2×2 binning
Exposure: L;10min. ×17 frames
R, G and B; 5min. ×2 frames each
LRGB composition (total exposure time : 200min.)
Image processed with StellaImage3 & The GIMP.

“Leo Triplet”
(Wide view around M66)

<Image : Leo Triplet>
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<<Photography Data>>
Date: February 16th, 2007.
Location: Mito, Ibaraki, Japan.
Canon 200mmF2.8L lens (diaphragm F4.0)
(Trimmed away the edges of an original photo)
Takahashi Sky Patrol Ⅱ (TG-SP Ⅱ) equatorial mount
Canon EOS Kiss Digital (Set up to ISO800)
Exposure: 1min.×20 frames (total exposure time: 20min.)
Image processed with StellaImage5, Cinepaint & The GIMP.

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