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Object:
NGC3628, M66 and M65
Date(s):
15-16 Feb 2016
Location:
AZcendant observatory, Rancho Hidalgo, NM
Telescope:
 Takahashi TOA-130 at f/7.68
Mount:
 Celestron CGE
Camera:
 SBIG ST-4000CM
Single-Shot Color:
 Yes
Exposure:
11 40 minute shots bin 1
Comments:
 Stacked in Maxim DL. Color corrected in eXcalibrator. Additional processing in Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro.

Unexpected visitor! Asteroid 5092 Manara at 16.11 Magnitude leaving little line-segment trail. This is a gif animated file showing the trail which seems to emerge from the M66 galaxy:

 

This is a view within TheSkyX Pro showing asteroid tracks on the day this image was taken. Most of them are way too dim to be photographed with my equipment but I accidentally got 5092 Marana and just noticed it by accident when I was getting ready to stack the individual 40 minute frames: