| Constellation tour in Spring |
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| Date & Time: | Mar 20 2020, from 22:58 to 23:23 JST(+0900) |
| Composed 6 shots with 5 minutes exposed | |
| Optical: | AF zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm (f=50mm, stop: F3.5) |
| with IDAS LPS-P2-FF Light-pollution suppression & Kenko PRO Softon[A] filters | |
| Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial | |
| Digital Camera: | Canon EOS 600D (Remodeled) |
| Location: | Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref. |
| Camera Settings: | Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5184×3456) |
| Sensitivity...ISO800 |
 Astroarts StellaNavigator |
A minor constellation of Leo Minor is found out just north of Leo, synonymous with the constellations in spring skies.
Only three stars with fourth magnitude form the Leo Minor, perhaps you cannot imagine the figure of small lion in this vacant celestial field. The constellation was established by Hevelius in 17th century, and has no major myths. It's considered that he invented the Leo Minor associated with the Leo, but actually these two constellations don't have any relations. |
Guide for Deep Sky Objects| NGC2859 | .....A bared galaxy with ring-shaped structure in western edge |
| NGC3003 | .....Small edge-on galaxy in west region, 80 millions ly away |
| Around NGC3158 | .....Galaxy group at 52' NW of βLMi centering on an elliptical NGC3158 |
| NGC3254 | .....Small spiral galaxy in southern part, 80 millions ly away |
| NGC3344 | .....A compact face-on galaxy in southern region near a boundary on Leo |
| NGC3395, NGC3396 | .....Small colliding galaxy pair and surrounding minor galaxies in eastern LMi |
| NGC3432 | .....Small edge-on galaxy about 5deg east of beta LMi |
| NGC3486 | .....Medium-scaled spiral galaxy at SE region |
 Lynx |
 Canes Venatici |
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