Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
Leo Triplet, Prabhakar
Leo Triplet
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Leo Triplet

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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.

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Taken on two nights from South Florida ( Harold campbell pua and Big cypress national preseve)

Luminance - 18 x 300 secs

RGB - (3 + 3 +3) x 300 secs

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Leo Triplet, Prabhakar