Friday, March 20, 2020

The Leo Triplet- M65 , M66 , & NGC 3628 - is a small group of galaxies,in the constellation Leo . The galaxy group  is about 35million light years away ,from Earth . M65 and M66 is discovered by Charles Messier in 1780  but , NGC 3628 ( left up) is discovered by William Herschel in 1784 .

Equipment astrophoto : telescope MEADE 80 mm triplet ed apo.
Mount; skywatcher HEQ5 Pro ,guided PHD Guiding 2 ,guide cam ZWO ASI 120mm .mono.
 Photo -camera :ATIK 314l + mono ,
Filters : LRGB ,,Astronomik"
Exposures : L.18 x 300 sec & R.G.B. 10 x 300 sec for each filter .

Location : Babadag -Romania - 13 -March -2020. mini-observatory ,,Scorpius" .

Wednesday, March 18, 2020



NGC 3628- is spiral unbarred galaxy ,in constellation Leo ,and is about 35 million light -years distance , from Earth . The NGC 3628 it was discovered by William Herschel in 1784 .
Equipment astrophoto :  -Telescope RC 6 f/9 ,,Astrotech" focal reducer ,,Astrophysics"  CCDT 0.67 x . Mount Skywatcher HEQ5Pro guided . Camera Atik314L+ mono. Filters  ,, Astronomik " LRGB .
Exposures  : - 30  x 300 sec Luminance and  7 x 300 sec per each filter - R. G. B.
 Location - Babadag-Romania  ,,Scorpius "mini-observatory-16- march 2020 .