Right Ascension: M65: 11h:18.9m, Declination: 13d:05m(deg:m) M66: 11h:20.2m, Declination: 12d:59m(deg:m) NGC3628: 11h:20:37m, Declination: 13d:33m(deg:m)
Visual Brightness: 8.5 Mag, apparent Dimension is 10 x 5.4 arc minutes, Distance: about 20 to 25 (million light years)

Optics: Takahashi @ f8 for 800mm, Refractor
Adapter: none
Date: 04/16/2006, Time: 22:53:00 UTC
Exposure: 3 Luminance images of 300 seconds each
Filter: SBIG CFW8-A clear
Resolution: 800 x 600
Guiding: SBIG ST-2000XM with internal TC-237 guider
Acquisition: SBIG ST-2000XM camera
Mount: Losmandy G-11 with Gemini GOTO
Software: SBIG CCDOPS ver 5.41B6NT
notes: Autodark added to each image. Hot and cold pixel removal, soft DDP, stacked in CCDSoft

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Last edited:9/4/2006, by Don Lewis, Wye Mountain Observatory