M65 (Spring 2021)

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.

NGC 3628 (Spring 2021)

This is the Ham Sandwich Galaxy, but its friends call it NGC 3628. It's found in Leo. This image was processed from >20 hours of data from AG Optical Observatory's 14.5" iDK/Paramount ME II/ASI6200 system.