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

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Despite recent generally cloudy nighttime weather, I have been able to image the famous Leo Triplet grouping of galaxies. This image is a 5.5 hour integration and is the result of two nights of getting data – the night of March 12th/13th, and 16th/17th. I combined the two data sets to produce this image.



These galaxies are an actual physical grouping. The galaxies are identified as NGC 3628 to the left, NGC 3623 or M 65 to the upper right and NGC 3627 or M 66 to the lower right.

This grouping lies at a distance of 35 million light years from us.

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Leo Triplet, Gary Opitz