Leo Triplet of spiral galaxies M65 (upper right), M66 (lower right) and NGC 3628 (the edge on spiral with pronounced dust lane on the left). This image is from two sessions a year apart.
Details
Location: Backyard in Fairfield, Victoria, BC
Dates: March 20/21 2007 and March 5, 2008.
Equipment: Williams 105mm scope with Canon 30D on Skywatcher HEQ5 mount. A 0.8x focal reducer was used for the 2007 exposures.
Exposures: 98 light and 25 dark frames at ISO 800 for 58s each with an additional 30 Flat frames for calibration.
Processing: ImagesPlus and Photoshop.