Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  IC 2694  ·  IC 2745  ·  IC 2763  ·  Leo Triplet  ·  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
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Leo Triplet

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Leo Triplet - Three close galaxies with different looks 📷🔭🌌

The Leo Triplet (or M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away from our planet Earth in the constellation Leo. The three galaxies, M66 / NGC3627 (bottom-left), M65 / NGC3623 (bottom-right) and NGC3628 (top) also known as the Hamburger Galaxy 🍔🌌 are not only close apparently but they all share an equal distance of roughly 30 million light-years. This means that they are actually very close to each other in space.

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