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M66 Group (Leo Triplet Galaxies), Joon Ren
M66 Group (Leo Triplet Galaxies), Joon Ren

M66 Group (Leo Triplet Galaxies)

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M66 Group (Leo Triplet Galaxies), Joon Ren
M66 Group (Leo Triplet Galaxies), Joon Ren

M66 Group (Leo Triplet Galaxies)

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The Leo Triplet, also known as the M66 Group is a group of three galaxies in Leo consisting of M65 (top right), M66 (bottom right) and NGC 3268 (bottom left). Other notable features in the image would be spiral galaxy NGC3596 (top left corner) and a chain of small galaxies directly below the triplet.

Its surprising that NGC 3268 did not make it to Messier's catalogue as it looks just as bright as its companions. Maybe the bright nuclei of the other two galaxies made them more prominent in visual telescopes.

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