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| Description: | M105, along with M95 and
M96, form the "other trio in Leo". M105 is at
the top in this image. Below it is NGC3384 and to its right is
NGC3389. |
| Exposure Data: | 2/24/2005. CRGB: 18x10m, 6x10m,
6x10m, 6x10m. RGB 2x2. -25°C, 0.55 arc-sec./pixel. |
Processing: |
Acquired via CCDAutoPilot 3 and CCDSoft, reduced, aligned
and combined in CCDStack, curves, levels and other processing in Photoshop. |
| Optical System: | 14.5” Ritchey-Chretien @ F/9 w/FFC, IMG6303E/CFW-7 CCD camera, AstroDon filters, Paramount ME, dithered 3 pixels, off-axis guided. |
| Comments: | Luminance was 2.3 arc-sec. |