M105 Elliptical Galaxy with Companions in Leo

M105 Elliptical Galaxy with Companions in Leo

Thursday, April 16th, 2026 at 2:04:36 PM · 2026/Astrophotography

This deep-sky astrophotography image captures M105, a prominent elliptical galaxy in the constellation Leo, along with its companion galaxies NGC 3384 and NGC 3389. The image was captured using LRGB filters with a total integration time of 1.3 hours through a TMB-92 APO refractor and ZWO ASI533MM Pro monochrome camera. The field of view spans approximately 77x77 arcminutes, revealing numerous background stars and the subtle structure of these distant galactic systems. The image was processed using Python with Syqon Starless AI for enhanced detail extraction.

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