Observation by Grant Privett: Leo 1

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2022 Mar 19 - 20:00

Uploaded

2022 Apr 13 - 17:08

Objects

Leo 1

Equipment

300mm f/4 Newtonian
NEQ6+Rowan
Starlight Trius 694 mono

Exposure

58x 30s

Location

Near Salisbury

Target name

Leo1 - Local Group Member

Title

Leo 1

About this image

Leo1 has to be one of the easiest galaxies to find - rather like NGC404 - but being a dim dwarf spheroidal and close to Regulus it isn't a astrophotographer's idea of a great combination.

In the 29minute exposure many individual stars are resolved, which is nice, and the shape is pretty clear too, but it was not a pleasure to process - most effort was spent trying to suppress the sky background gradients induced by altitude, distant Bournemouth and Regulus. A bit nicer than my first attempt at Leo1 in the 90s when I was happy to get a small and vague smattering of stars.

Files associated with this observation

leo1.jpg (289.6 kB)

Like this image

Nick Hewitt, Alan Thomas, Peter Tickner, Graham Winstanley, Mark Fairfax, Jonathon Elliott, Simon Paul Davis, David Basey, Dr Paul Leyland, David Davies

Comments

Nick Hewitt, 2022 Apr 13 - 19:11 UTC

Cracker!

Dr Paul Leyland, 2022 Apr 19 - 09:21 UTC

Always nice to see individual stars in external galaxies.

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