Wallpaper author:
Jan Scheers
27 May 2022
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.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M65
5 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 169.733 Dec 13.0923
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................20 Apr 2022 - 19 May 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |
| Green | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |
| Red | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |
| Luminance | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |