Messier 66 - Barred Spiral Galaxy

Messier 66, also known as NGC 3627, is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo and is part of a small group of galaxies (Messier 65 and NGC 3628) form the Leo Triplet. It is about 31 million light-years away from Earth and has a diameter of about 95 thousand light-years.

It was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier on March 1st, 1780, who described it as "very long and very faint". The Leo Triplet is a common target for amateur astronomers with the nearby Messier 65 being separated by only 20 arc-minutes.

Equipment:
OTA: SVBONY SV503 70ED 70mm Refractor (f/6)
Reducer: SVBONY SV193 0.8x Reducer (f/4.8)
Filter: SVBONY CLS City Light Suppression Filter
Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro Cooled Color Camera (20.1 mp)
Mount: Explore Scientific EX02GT with PMC-8
240x30s subs (2 hours) stacked in SharpCap 4.1 with darks & flats.
Processed with GraXpert, Topaz AI Denoise, and Siril.