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There few galaxies in Leo that are
            as detailed and display outer structure like this one. This 9.7
            magnitude object spans a huge 13 arcminutes across, and in the
            same field we can find many distant 16th magnitude galaxies as
            well. The brightest of these is UGC5086, directly above the galaxy
            near the top of the frame. This 16th magnitude dwarf is .9 mins
            in size. A peculiar object is to the left (south) of the galaxy,
            a small disk of light known as MAC0932+2122, another 16th magnitude
            galaxy only .4 mins in size and of unknown classification.

            
Seeing was terrible
            this night, the wind was blowing hard all day and the sky was
            turbulent but totally clear. So what do you do with a brand new
            camera under these conditions? You shoot the sky!

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG ST10XME NABG with Enhanced Cooling
Guider: SBIG ST4
Exposure:  LRGB = 60:20:20:20 (RGB Binned 2x2)
RGB Combine Ratio:  1: .95: 1.4
Filters:  AstroDon RGB Tricolor
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 6.5 arcsec (Maxim DL - 10min subframe), Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  5 C
CCD Temperature:  -20 C
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL,  Photoshop, PixInsight, RW Debloomer.
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