Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3593  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628  ·  The star 73Leo
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Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628), rflinn68
Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628)
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Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628)

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Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628), rflinn68
Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628)
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Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628)

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The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628.

The M96 Group is located physically near the Leo Triplet. These two groups may actually be separate parts of a much larger group, and some group identification algorithms actually identify the Leo Triplet as part of the M96 Group.--Wiki

Comet 67P-Churyumov-Gerasimenko was actually in my Lum data a couple of nights. I did not have color at the time and decided to just brush the comet out of the Lum.

Revision B is annotated.

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  • Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628), rflinn68
    Original
  • Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628), rflinn68
    B
  • Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628), rflinn68
    C
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    Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628), rflinn68
    D

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Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628), rflinn68