SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
GordonARife
Location of Photo:
Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Date/Time of photo:
April 20th, May 2nd, May 5th, May 12th 2026
Equipment:
4 hours of L with C9.25 and QHY268M at f6.3 and 5.6 hours RGB on home built 6 inch Newtonian at f6 with ATR2600C, and 100 minutes of HA on the C9.25 with QHY268M camera. Mount Is Ioptron 120 and all housed in a Nexdome.
Description:
Beautiful face on Spiral galaxy in Leo Minor. I am not sure why, but there are very few images of the galaxy on the internet. I find this odd as it is one of the most beautiful galaxies I have seen with a very large number of star forming regions in it (pink areas). Maybe it is the low surface brightness of the galaxy. Images processed with PixInsight, Registar, and Photoshop CS5 Photoshop The unusual outer ring on NGC3344 is a result of a close encounter with galaxy PGC1718896 at bottom next to the star image below and slightly to the left.
