M65 Observation Details
M65 Daily Motion
M65 will rise at 23:14, during twilight, and will ascend to 77° by the time twilight ends at 05:06.M65 will be visible until July, 27, when it will move too close to the Sun. During this time, its proximity to the Sun will cause it to disappear from the night sky, making it unobservable for a while.
M65 Visibility Timetable on December 21
Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| Astrosession begin | 19:17 | -57° |
| M65 rise | 23:14 | |
| Moon Rise, 59.2% illuminated | 23:21 | 2° |
| Astrosession end | 04:39 | 74° |
| M65 transit | 05:13 | 77° |
| Civil sunrise | 05:32 | 76° |
| Sunrise | 05:56 | 73° |
| M65 set | 11:12 | |
| Moon Set | 11:41 | -7° |
Track M65 Position Throughout the Night
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M65 - Spiral Galaxy
M65 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1780. M65 is part of the Leo Triplet, a group of three interacting spiral galaxies.
M65 spans about 90,000 light-years across and contains a massive population of stars, gas, and dust. The galaxy is approximately 35 million light-years away from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 10.3, making it visible with a small telescope.
M65 Image Gallery
DSS Blue
DSS Red
DSS Near-Infrared
DSS Composite image
The photos are taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), which was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) under NASA contract, using data from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II).
Special thanks to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and the California Institute of Technology for their significant contributions.
Finder Chart for M65
| Object name | M65 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| M65 coordinates | 11.31553, 13.09236 |
| Center coordinates | 11.31553, 13.09236 |
M65 Passage Through Night
Current position of M65
| Time | 15:39 |
| Latitude | 0 |
| Longitude | 0 |
| M65 elevation | -63° |
| M65 Azimuth | 60° |
Annual motion of M65
| Date | Sun, 22 December 2024 |
| Twighlight start | 19:14 |
| Twighlight end | 04:35 |
| Twighlight duration | 9h 21m |
| Rise | 23:14 |
| Set | 11:12 |
| Elevation at transit | 77° |
| Transit time | 05:13 |
| Equatorial coordinate | RA: 11h 18m 55s", Dec: 13° 05' 32s |
| Magnitude | 9 |
| Constellation | Leo |
The graph is structured with the vertical axis showing the hours of the day, ranging from 12 AM to 12 AM the next day, while the horizontal axis spans each day of the year.
The reddish shaded area indicates the periods when the M65 is above the horizon, visible to observers. The white line marks the times when the celestial object reaches its highest point in the sky each day, known as the transit.
Data Credits
The nebulae information on this page is sourced from the OpenNGC project, developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed data on the NGC catalog, which is a valuable resource for exploring deep-sky objects such as nebulae.
For more details or to contribute to OpenNGC, visit the official GitHub repository: OpenNGC on GitHub.