Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | M 66 (NGC 3627) left, M 65 (NGC 3623) right, NGC 3628 (top) |
| Object type | Spiral galaxies |
| Coordinates | 11 h 20 min + 13° 13' |
| Constellation | Leo (Leo) |
| Description | Towards the bottom are the mag
9.6 resp. mag 10.1 spiral
galaxies discovered by Messier in 1780: M 65
exhibits a long dark absorption lane while M 66 shows a clear spiraling
structure. At 30 million lightyears, they form an interacting group (Trio
in Leo) with nearby NGC 3628, a thick spiral galaxy seen edge-on, with a
prominent dust lane Click on the image for a higher resolution rendering. The field of view is 77 x 53 arcminutes with north towards the top. Here is an older B&W image of M 65 & M 66, one of my very first CCD images. |
| Exposure | NRGB 90:60:60:60 min @ -20°C, no filter on luminance, all unbinned |
| Camera | SBIG STL-11000 selfguided with Astronomik Type II RGB filter set. |
| Optics | TEC APO 200 FL @ f/8 - first light, no field flattener (yet) |
| Mount | Astro-Physics AP900GTO |
| Software | MaxIm DL/CCD, Sigma Pre Beta 11, Registar, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 04-05Mar 2006 @ 06:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 5/10, Seeing 5/10, Temperature + 15°C |
