Despite the high clouds, I made another attempt a couple nights ago. Unfortunately, most of my long exposures got interrupted, and so I got two good images and one mediocre image. On the plus side, the mediocre one has 2 galaxies in it, so maybe it’s twice as mediocre! All of these have been added to the Galaxies page.
M65 and M66
8m
2025-06-16
These are two of the three in the Leo Triplet, which also includes NGC 3628. Not a great night; I took 6 shots and all but one got interrupted due to high clouds. This was one that got interrupted. NGC 3628 remains the best of these three.
NGC 4244
30m
2025-06-17
The diffuse dust, lack of a distinctive central bulge, relatively dim stars in this one makes for a vague, cotton-like appearance.
NGC 4565
24m
2025-06-17
Also referred to as the Needle Galaxy, this edge-on spiral galaxy has a strong dust band with a bright, spherical core.
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