January 28, 2017
The Leo Triplets, in the constellation Leo. M65 at the top, M66 below that, and on the left is the Hamburger Galaxy, NGC 3628.
I took a lot more images of Thor's Helmet, this came out much better than my last attempt.
My prize from last night, the Iris Nebula. I've been looking for this nebula but have never found it before last night. Seems like it should be easy but it is difficult to find something I can't see and is very small in a field of view of only 2.5 degrees of sky. The Iris Nebula is in the constellation Cepheus, which is getting quite low in the sky this time of year, so I have to deal with shooting through more atmosphere than I like. I will probably take more images of this nebula tonight before it drops too low.
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