Wednesday 4 February 2009

Leo Triplet



Object: M65, M66, NGC3628
Type: Galaxy Cluster
Constellation: Leo
Date: 3rd february 09
Equipment: William Optics Megrez 90 Canon EOS 40D
Subframes: 98 x 30 second exposures unguided at ISO800 & 19 x 30 second darks .
Processed: In Images Plus 2.0 with a DDP stretch. 6 Iterations on a adaptive Richardson Lucy deconvolution filter.
Notes: This cropped Image was taken under a 62% illumination from the moon hovering by the pliedies. I will play with the processing a little more I am sure I can tease a little more from the structure from the galaxies.
Back In Time: Light from these 3 started its journey 35 million years or so ago give or take an eon or so.
Occasional killer asteroids could have spawned temporary rings of debris around Earth and played a major role in changing the world climate, according to scientists. Resembling the rocky halos that encircle Saturn, one such terrestrial ring might have chilled the globe considerably about 35 million years ago.
The geologic record indicates that Earth endured a brutal cold spell at the time, possibly sparked by a debris ring that persisted from 100,000 to several million years, the New Mexico researchers said. (courtesy of newsfinder)

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