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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "The Leo Trio." Also known as the Leo Triplet, M66 (left), M65 (bottom), and NGC 3628 (right) are featured regularly here and are prominent members of the springtime sky in the Northern Hemisphere. Tucked in near the back leg of the constellation Leo some 30 million light years away, all three are spiral galaxies, but NGC 3628 appears edge-on when viewed from Earth (hence its "Hamburger Galaxy" nickname). Since they are only ~500,000 light years apart, gravity is also at work between the three. Note the 'tail' on NGC 3628, as well as the extended spiral arms of M66.
APOD: 2021 March 20 - The Leo Trio
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Beautiful. I have tried to look at them with 20x binos, but they take something bigger to see any detail.
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
1SG Steven Imerman You're right. Check out the technical "stack" behind today's APOD:
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Skyvision Astrograph MTN250
Imaging cameras: Morovian G2-4000
Mounts: Skywatcher AZ EQ6 PIERRO ASTRO
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skyvision Astrograph MTN250
Guiding cameras: Morovian g2-4000
Focal reducers: Riccardi correcteur newton 3pouces
Software: PixInsight 1.8 PixInsight
Filters: FILTRES CHROMA LRVB SHO 3NM
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Skyvision Astrograph MTN250
Imaging cameras: Morovian G2-4000
Mounts: Skywatcher AZ EQ6 PIERRO ASTRO
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skyvision Astrograph MTN250
Guiding cameras: Morovian g2-4000
Focal reducers: Riccardi correcteur newton 3pouces
Software: PixInsight 1.8 PixInsight
Filters: FILTRES CHROMA LRVB SHO 3NM
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1SG Steven Imerman
Maj William W. 'Bill' Price - Way too tech heavy for me. I like to sit out back with binos, my star atlas, a dark red filtered flashlight, and a bottle of Jameson. Usually the evening after the current issue of astronomy has arrived.
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Leo Amuedo Trio "All The Things You Are"
Live recording for TV BRASIL (Rio de Janeiro) for the program CENA INSTRUMENTAL .Leo Amuedo : El GuitarDanilo Amuedo: DrumsZe Luiz Maia: El Bass
Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for March 20, 2021 entitled "The Leo Trio."
Image: The Leo Trio - Image Credit & Copyright - Francis Bozon
The upper right image reminded me of the Eifel Tower lit up for Bastille Day :-)
APOD Background
"Explanation: This popular group leaps into the early evening sky around the March equinox and the northern hemisphere spring. Famous as the Leo Triplet, the three magnificent galaxies found in the prominent constellation Leo gather here in one astronomical field of view. Crowd pleasers when imaged with even modest telescopes, they can be introduced individually as NGC 3628 (right), M66 (upper left), and M65 (bottom). All three are large spiral galaxies but tend to look dissimilar, because their galactic disks are tilted at different angles to our line of sight. NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy, is temptingly seen edge-on, with obscuring dust lanes cutting across its puffy galactic plane. The disks of M66 and M65 are both inclined enough to show off their spiral structure. Gravitational interactions between galaxies in the group have left telltale signs, including the tidal tails and warped, inflated disk of NGC 3628 and the drawn out spiral arms of M66. This gorgeous view of the region spans over 1 degree (two full moons) on the sky in a frame that covers over half a million light-years at the trio's estimated distance of 30 million light-years. Of course the spiky foreground stars lie well within our own Milky Way."
Leo Amuedo Trio "All The Things You Are"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbhrl0qVHzg
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC (Join to see) SCPO Morris Ramsey MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Stephen Rogerson SSG Samuel Kermon SSG Franklin Briant SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson SMSgt David A Asbury A1C Riley Sanders Alan K. SPC Michael Oles SR TSgt David L. Maj Marty Hogan
Image: The Leo Trio - Image Credit & Copyright - Francis Bozon
The upper right image reminded me of the Eifel Tower lit up for Bastille Day :-)
APOD Background
"Explanation: This popular group leaps into the early evening sky around the March equinox and the northern hemisphere spring. Famous as the Leo Triplet, the three magnificent galaxies found in the prominent constellation Leo gather here in one astronomical field of view. Crowd pleasers when imaged with even modest telescopes, they can be introduced individually as NGC 3628 (right), M66 (upper left), and M65 (bottom). All three are large spiral galaxies but tend to look dissimilar, because their galactic disks are tilted at different angles to our line of sight. NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy, is temptingly seen edge-on, with obscuring dust lanes cutting across its puffy galactic plane. The disks of M66 and M65 are both inclined enough to show off their spiral structure. Gravitational interactions between galaxies in the group have left telltale signs, including the tidal tails and warped, inflated disk of NGC 3628 and the drawn out spiral arms of M66. This gorgeous view of the region spans over 1 degree (two full moons) on the sky in a frame that covers over half a million light-years at the trio's estimated distance of 30 million light-years. Of course the spiky foreground stars lie well within our own Milky Way."
Leo Amuedo Trio "All The Things You Are"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbhrl0qVHzg
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC (Join to see) SCPO Morris Ramsey MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Stephen Rogerson SSG Samuel Kermon SSG Franklin Briant SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson SMSgt David A Asbury A1C Riley Sanders Alan K. SPC Michael Oles SR TSgt David L. Maj Marty Hogan
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LTC Stephen F.
Tribute to the late Great Alex Gegeshidze who is sadly no longer with us. An amazing player as evident on this video.Ike Leo Trio gig in the heart of London ...
All Blues - The Ike Leo Trio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOZcQ_zXlYo
FYI CSM Bruce Trego CPT (Join to see) SPC Woody Bullard CPL Douglas ChryslerCpl (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SPC Michael TerrellSSG Jimmy CernichSSG Paul Headlee SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D CWO3 (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SPC Randy Zimmerman Sgt Albert Castro Sgt Vance Bonds Cpl Vic Burk PO1 H Gene Lawrence Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SSgt Clare May Alan K.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOZcQ_zXlYo
FYI CSM Bruce Trego CPT (Join to see) SPC Woody Bullard CPL Douglas ChryslerCpl (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SPC Michael TerrellSSG Jimmy CernichSSG Paul Headlee SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D CWO3 (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SPC Randy Zimmerman Sgt Albert Castro Sgt Vance Bonds Cpl Vic Burk PO1 H Gene Lawrence Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SSgt Clare May Alan K.
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