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.
Technical information:
Optics:
Astrographic telescope (220mm)
Focal:
1000mm
Aperature:
4,5
Exposure:
R:G:B 10:10:10 min
Date and 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