M 65 (NGC 3623) and M 66 (NGC 3627) Galaxies in Leo
Center of field at approximately: RA 11 hours 19 minutes 31 seconds, Dec +13 degrees 02 minutes 11 seconds
Size: 9.8' x 2.8' and 9.1' x 4.1'; Magnitude: 10.3 blue and 9.7 blue; Class: SAB(rs)a and SAB(s)b
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 620 minutes (620 x 10 minute subs) 05/4/5/6/7/ 2010; seeing 2.1-3.3 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 2.5.3769.13366, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
Another reshoot ... this one replaces a red-filtered 300 minute image from 05/24/25/27/2006. Same moonless, clear but hazy conditions as M 105 group |