Leo Triplet (NGC 3628, M65, M66) - 20 April 2009
This is the first light through astrographic telescope (made by Mr. Drbohlav) with diameter 220mm. Leo Triplet was chosen for testing. This is the result.
A good night, a new astrographic telescope prepared on the mount and cooled up CCD camera – all was ready for testing. Mr. Murin and I decided to test it on the Leo Triplet. After focusing we started. The optic of the astrographic telescope is perfect.Leo Triplet consists of tree galaxies – NGC 3628, M65 and M66. Distance from our planet is about 35 million light years.
| Optics: | Astrographic telescope (220mm) |
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| Focal: | 1000mm |
| Aperature: | 4,5 |
| Exposure: | R:G:B 10:10:10 min |
| Date & time: | 20 April 2009 at 21:10 UTC |
| Location: | Central Europe, Slovakia, Oravska Lesna |
| Atmosphere: | clear sky |
| Software: | DSS + Photoshop |
| Camera: | SBIG STL 11000M |
| Contents: | The picture was taken at Mr. Murin private observatory |
| Optics: | crop from first photo |
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| Contents: | NGC 3628 |
| Optics: | crop from first photo |
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| Contents: | M65 |
| Optics: | crop from first photo |
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| Contents: | M66 |