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Object Information
Description | wikipedia: "Messier 65 (also known as NGC 3623) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1780. Along with M66 and NGC 3628, M65 forms the Leo Triplet, a small group of galaxies." |
Type | SAB(rs)a Galaxy |
Brightness | 10.25 mag (vis) |
Apparent Size | 8.7' x 2.4' |
Distance | 32 Mly MLy |
Exposure Information
Date | 2019-04-05 |
Location | GRT (Goldbach Remote Telescope) |
Optics | GSO 12" RC f/5.6 (TS CCDT47 Reducer) |
Camera | ZWO ASI1600MMPRO |
Integration | Luminance 7 x 240 sec (1x1 binning) (0.47 h total) |
Image remarks | very bad sky transparency |