M65 is a favorite to observe and to image. I saw the galaxy a few nights ago from my backyard with a 6" telescope at 120x. It's thrilling to see light that has traveled 35 million light years, or so, and realize it hits my own retina.
Here is an earlier image with a 10" reflector:
https://polarisb.blogspot.com/2012/02/m65-ngc3623-feb-25-2012.html
And another in 2019 with an 8" reflector:
https://polarisb.blogspot.com/2019/04/m65-sprin-2019.html
This latest image is from very fine AG Optical data: 22 x 300 each of RGB and 81 x 300 of Lum. It's better data than I've used in the past, and it's better color.
