M 65

M65, together with its neighbors M66 and NGC 3628, forms a most conspicuous triplet of galaxies, the Leo Triplett or M66 group, located at a distance of about 35 million light years.

Although it is close to and thus under the gravitational influence of its neighbors, M65 looks like a very "normal" Sa type spiral and seems to have felt little influence. It has a prominent central lense and tightly wound spiral arms, plus a prominent dust lane marking the facing edge. This lane may hide regions of star formation usually associated with such features in spiral galaxies.

Right ascension	11 : 16.3 (hours : minutes)
Declination	+13 : 23 (degrees : minutes)
Distance	35000.0 (light-years*10^3)
Visual magnitude	9.3