Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  Leo Triplet  ·  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627
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M 65 & M 66, sreilly24590
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M 65 & M 66

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M 65 & M 66

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These two galaxies reside side by side, well close visually anyway, in the 12.5" RC setup with the STX-16803 CCD camera.  I've always for challenges in trying to process two objects in one frame and usually come to some compromise before settling on one image. These galaxies reside in the constellation Leo. M 65 is also known as NGC 3623 and as Leo Triplet A. M 66 goes by NGC-3627.
Again, with two objects in one frame the processing takes some adjustments I normally might not make but I settle for more eye pleasing than accuracy on this one.

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M 65 & M 66, sreilly24590