M65 is a tightly wound spiral galaxy located in the direction of the Constellation Leo at a distance of 35 Million Light-Years. The disk is low in gas and dust, with a population of older stars, and the outer arm areas show thick dust and bluish star-forming regions. The disk seems slightly warped, but there are few effects of gravitational disturbance from its nearby neighbors M66 and NGC3628.
Object: M65
Distance: 35mly
Magnitude: 9.3
Date: March 2013
Place: Fort Davis, TX
Exposure Details: LRGB:520:160:180:250 unbinned
Processing: MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop CS3
Optics: 12.5" RCOS Truss
Focal Length: 2808mm @ f9
Mount: Paramount ME Robotic
Camera: SBIG STL6303E
Focuser: RCOS
Guiding: Off-Axis with SBIG RGH Camera
Filters: Tru-Balance Gen II LRGB 2"
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