Messier 65 - Spiral Galaxy

Messier 65, also known as NGC 3623 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo with a diameter of 113,500 light-years. Messier 65, along with to other nearby galaxies, Messier 66 and NGC 3628, form the Leo Triplet, a small close group of galaxies.

Messier 65 was discovered by Charles Messier in 1780 and he included in his Messier Objects list. However, William Henry Smyth accidentally attributed the discovery to Pierre Méchain in his popular 19th-century astronomical work A Cycle of Celestial Objects.

Equipment:
OTA: SVBONY SV503 70ED 70mm Refractor (f/6)
Reducer: SVBONY SV193 0.8x Reducer (f/4.8)
Filter: SVBONY CLS City Light Suppression Filter
Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro Cooled Color Camera (20.1 mp)
Mount: Explore Scientific EX02GT with PMC-8
240x30s subs (2 hours) stacked in SharpCap 4.1 with darks & flats.
Processed with GraXpert, Topaz AI Denoise, and Siril.