Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 66  ·  NGC 3627
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M66 and background galaxies, erdmanpe
M66 and background galaxies
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M66 and background galaxies

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M66 and background galaxies, erdmanpe
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M66 and background galaxies

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A luminance image of M66. Some detail in its dust lanes is apparent at this plate scale, but what most surprised me was the number of tiny background galaxies to the right and left of M66. Net stellar FWHM ~1.9 arc sec. Log stretch and unsharp mask in Maxim, no deconvolution.

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M66 and background galaxies, erdmanpe