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Name / Constellation

M95-96-105

 Other: Leo I Group,  LGG 217, NOGG H 507, NOGG P1 498, NOGG P2 507, M96 Group

Leo
Coordinates AR: 10h 48m 34.7s - Dec: +12° 40′ 15″
Optics Takahashi FSQ 106N APO Fluorite F5 - 60/220 guiding refractor
Camera-Mount SBIG STF8300M - Orion StarShot Guider - 10Micron GM2000 QCI Mount
Filters Baader LRGB
Exposure
  • Luminance
  • Red
  • Green
  • Blue
  • 7 x 900 sec - 2 hours 15 min
  • 6 x 600sec - 1 hour
  • 6 x 600 sec - 1 hour
  • 6 x 600 sec - 1 hour
  • UNBINNED
  • BINNING 2X2
  • BINNING 2X2
  • BINNING 2X2
Location / Date Promiod (Valle D'Aosta-Italy) "TLP" Remote Observatory - 13 / 22 mar 2018
Seeing About 3" @ 2.1 arcosec/pixel unbinned
Note  
Acquisition MaxIm DL - CCD Autopilot 5
Processing Adobe Photoshop CS5 -
Comment

The M96 Group (also known as the Leo I Group) is a group of galaxies in the constellation Leo. This group contains between 8 and 24 galaxies, including three Messier objects. The group is one of many groups that lies within the Virgo Supercluster (the combined Local Group and Virgo cluster). Distance 37 Mly