M65

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation- Leo

Right Ascension: 11h  19m 46 s

Declination: 13° 00X' 14"

Distance: 35 million light years

Visual Brightness: mag 10.1

Apparent Dimension:   9.7 x 2.8 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken-April 17, 2004

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- C11 OTA @ f/6.8, ST-8XE NABG @ -20C, autoguided with PHD 2.5 or internal guide chip

Integrations-  L = 4 x 600 seconds binned 2x2,

Processing- Flats and darks in CCDSoft, aligned, combined, and processed  in CCDSoft and Photoshop CS5