Object name: M065 M65 is a SAB(rs)a LINER galaxy in Leo. It is part of the Leo Triplet also known as Arp 317. Most put its distance, along with the other two, M66 and NGC 3628 at about 35 million light-years. In another entry here I show it with a fading supernova. This image was taken years earlier when I had little experience with both digital imaging and processing so isn't all that great. See the M65SN entry for a much better image.
Compared to M66 it is very low in dust and gas with little star formation going on due to lack of needed ingredients. Being composed mostly of older stars it is much redder in color than its companion M66. Still, the extensive dust lanes would indicate that under the right conditions star formation could again commence in this galaxy if there's enough hydrogen among all that dust which seems rather likely.
For more information from SEDS: http://messier.seds.org/m/m065.html
14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB=2x10', STL-11000XM, Paramount ME Related Designation(s):11HUGS 229, 11HUGS 230, 1AXG J112016+1259, 1RXS J111857.4+130535, 1RXS J112016.7+125917, 1XMM J112014.9+125931, 2MASS J11185590+1305323, 2MASS J11201498+1259297, 2MASX J11185595+1305319, 2MASX J11201502+1259286, 2XMM J112014.8+125932, 2XMMp J112014.8+125932, 87GB 111738.3+131603, 87GB[BWE91] 1117+1316, ADBS J111852+1305, ADBS J112020+1259, AKARI J1118564+130535, ARK 288, ARP 016, ARP 317 NED01, ARP 317 NED02, CGCG 067-054, CGCG 067-057, CGCG 1116.3+1322, CGCG 1117.6+1316, Cul 1117+132, CXO J111855.9+130532, CXO J111855.97+130533.4, CXO J112014.9+125929, EUVE J1118+13.0, GB6 J1120+1259, HDCE 0626 NED010, HDCE 0626 NED011, HIPASS J1120+13a, HOLM 246A, HOLM 246B, IRAS 11163+1322, IRAS 11176+1315, IRAS F11163+1321, IRAS F11176+1315, LDCE 0778 NED032, LDCE 0778 NED034, Leo TRIPLET NED01, Leo TRIPLET NED02, LGG 231:[G93] 002, LGG 231:[G93] 003, LQAC 170+012 001, M065, M066, MCG +02-29-018, MCG +02-29-019, MESSIER 065, MESSIER 066, MESSIER 066:[NB2012] D, MG1 J112015+1259, MJV 14273, MRC 1117+132, NGC 3623, NGC 3623:[L2011a] X0003, NGC 3627, NGC 3627:[ECB2002] alpha, NSA 139146, NSA 139183, PGC 034612, PGC 034695, RGB J1120+129, RX J1120.2+1259, RX J1120.2+1259:[BEV98] 009, RX J1120.2+1259:[ZEH2003] 01 , SDSS J112014.98+125929.4, UGC 06328, UGC 06346, USGC U374 NED03, USGC U374 NED05, UZC J111855.9+130537, UZC J112015.1+125928, VLSS J1120.2+1259, VV 308a, [AHG2014] B157, [AHG2014] B158, [GMM2009b] 26, [GMM2009b] 27, [M98j] 117 NED03, [M98j] 117 NED04, [RHM2006] SFGs 088, [VCV2001] J112014.9+125927, [VCV2006] J112014.9+125927, [WB92] 1117+1316, | | 