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Ancient Light
by Matt Gee
Messier 65 (right ) and Messier 66 (left) - Constellation - Leo
These are just two of the many galaxies in the constellation of Leo and by no means the farthest distant.
Most images are taken using sunlight that reflects off objects and into the camera - the sunlight takes approx 8 minutes to reach us.
The faint light from Pluto takes about 5.5 hours to reach the Earth.
The light from the nearest star takes about 4.2 years to reach us.
It is understood that the light from the Messier 65 galaxy set off on its journey some 35 million years ago, to travel across the Universe and into my telescope and finally land on the sensor of my camera last Thursday night !
Messier 66 is also about 35 million light year away from us.
7 x 25 second images were stacked together in Sequator and post processed in Photoshop.
The images were taken using 200mm Schmidt-Cassegrain working at F6.3 though a Focal Reducer, using the un-guided Equatorial telescope drive for tracking.
Ancient Light
by Matt Gee
Messier 65 (right ) and Messier 66 (left) - Constellation - Leo
These are just two of the many galaxies in the constellation of Leo and by no means the farthest distant.
Most images are taken using sunlight that reflects off objects and into the camera - the sunlight takes approx 8 minutes to reach us.
The faint light from Pluto takes about 5.5 hours to reach the Earth.
The light from the nearest star takes about 4.2 years to reach us.
It is understood that the light from the Messier 65 galaxy set off on its journey some 35 million years ago, to travel across the Universe and into my telescope and finally land on the sensor of my camera last Thursday night !
Messier 66 is also about 35 million light year away from us.
7 x 25 second images were stacked together in Sequator and post processed in Photoshop.
The images were taken using 200mm Schmidt-Cassegrain working at F6.3 though a Focal Reducer, using the un-guided Equatorial telescope drive for tracking.