Messier 65

Messier 65
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Messier 65

Messier 65 (M65) is an intermediate spiral galaxy that forms the Leo Triplet with the nearby Messier 66 and NGC 3628.
M65 lies at a distance of about 35 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 10.25. M65 occupies an area of 8.1 by 2.5 arc minutes of apparent sky, which corresponds to a linear diameter of about 90,000 light years.

This image was acquired with CHI-1 (Planewave CDK24), data from 5 one-click observations.

Total integration time: 400 minutes
LRGB: 10 subs of 600s with each filter.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
CHI-1 Planewave CDK24
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
FLI PL9000
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
20/04 - 19/05/2022
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Filters
LRGB
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Processing
Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Credits
One-click observations TL
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