Leo doublet (M65 & M65)
M65 and M66 are intermediate spiral galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. They were discovered by Charles Messier in 1780.
Along with NGC 3628, theyforms the Leo Triplet, a small group of galaxies. As of 2015, four supernovae have been observed in M66. (dixit Wikipedia & Wikipedia)
This photo was taken from my garden with a scope (Newtonian 200/1000), my old mount (EQ6) and a CCD camera (Atik One 6.0), in black and white with R,G,B and L filters, for a total of 2.5 hours exposure in April 2016.
Technical detail of the photo here: https://www.astrobin.com/244471
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What ever we looking in the space .
We are looking at millions of light year in the past of universe..
great science @clodoweg
Thank you
ur welcome
Do you sometimes just sit there and look at the galaxies and stare in wonder thinking, "Im looking at Galaxies, light from untold billions of years away!"
Yes it love big number and trying to imagine what i'm seeing.
Same here! I try to envision the galactic dust clouds with burning suns, countless worlds spinning around countless stars and me speeding past it all :)
Maybe someday eh?
Maybe :)
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