Last night I was in Cherry Springs trying to see supernova 2012am in M65. Could not see the supernova but made this new sketch of the galaxy. 16", 21.75 mpsas by SQM-L. The sketch captures the appearance at 225x. Needless to say, the contrast is exaggerated. This galaxy is rather subtle in 16". North up, west right, approximately.
M65 scan 2 crop rotate.jpg
Last edited by Ivan Maly; April 5th, 2013 at 01:38 AM.
SN2013am was fairly easily visible as a 16 mag star inside the southern spiral arm @ 326x. M65 has a beatiful spiral structure but it took some time to realize how it goes. There are larger brighter areas on the both heads whereas central area is more complicated. ~15 mag stars on the east and west side of the core.
Messier 65 & SN2013am, 2.4.2013 11:20AM, 18" newton, 326x, 14', SQM 21.50, NELM 6.8
Excellent observation, Iiro! Yes, I figured if I couldn't see that mag 15 star west of the core, the SN also would be invisible.
Wow,M65,I only see it in 20*80 Binocular,and I planing to observe it recent,and also Leo triplet
Nice job!
Physist,
f8.7 114mm coated newtonian
20*80 Binocular
series plossl eyepiece 4mm~25mm
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