Leo, Hercules and Coma Berenices

Was all over the sky this evening.  I began the evening imaging the Leo Trio of galaxies  (M65,  M66 and NGC 3628.  This is another favorite target by a number of imagers.

After taking a few frames of these galaxies, I aimed a little northeast of these to the constellation Coma Berenices and took a few shots of NGC4565, an edge on spiral galaxy about 43 million light years away.

The little galaxy on the right is NGC 4562.

Lastly, M13 was imaged.  I tried something I've never tried before with a deep sky object.  I used a 2x barlow, therefore doubling the focal length to 1400mm and also doubling the f-stop to f/10.  The stars still look good with the long focal length, and they still appear to be pinpoints.

The barlow just might be worthwhile when imaging small objects.