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Messier M65

 
M2

M66 is on the left, M65 is on the right


Messier Object Information

Object Information
Messier object: M65
NGC (New General Catalog) number: NGC 3623
Discription: Spiral Galaxy
Note: In the Leo Triplett: M65, M66 & NGC 3628
Located in constellation: Leo
Right ascension in hours minutes: 11:18.9
Declination in degrees minutes: 13:05

Visual magnitude: 9.3
Size: 8 x 1.5 arc minutes
Image size: 41 arc minutes wide by 31 arc minutes high
Image orientation: North is top, West is right, East is left and South is bottom
Detailed discription of M65 in SEDS Messier database
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Observing Log
Date of observation: January 28, 2001
Time at end of first CCD image 1:05 PST
Time at end of last CCD image 1:24 PST
Observing Location: At home on the drive way
Observation of object: M65 is a long and narrow galaxy
 
Sky Conditions
High clouds.
Moon set at 20:25 PST on January 28, 2001
Astronomical twilight ends in the evening at 18:52 PST on January 27, 2001
Astronomical twilight starts in morning at 5:52 PST on January 28, 2001
 
Observing Equipment
Fastar

Celestron C-8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with Fastar lens accessory and
SBIG ST-237 CCD Camera on Losmandy G-11 mount, unguided, no PEC.
CCD image time: 15 minutes imaging time made of 30 - 30 seconds images summed together


M65 image taken with Orion ShortTube 80 mm refractor telescope and Cookbook CB245 CCD Camera.


Use Test patterns to calibrate monitor brightness, contrast, height and width