Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
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M66 Group  -- Leo Triplet, niteman1946
M66 Group  -- Leo Triplet
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M66 Group -- Leo Triplet

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M66 Group  -- Leo Triplet, niteman1946
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M66 Group -- Leo Triplet

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M66 The Leo Triplet taken at Lighthouse Observatory, Burleson Texas. This group includes M66 (lower left), M65 (lower right) and NGC3628, along with a multitude of much smaller galaxies in the field of view.

Used TMB 80SS refractor at F6.3. Employed 120 subs at ISO1600 and 5 minutes each (10hr) on 2/21 (26), 2/22 (47) and 2/24 (47) using PixInsight processing software.

This is a medium crop -- North is up.

This is a re-processed version of the original one. I darkened the background and tried a little PixelMath for mask creation. Much happier now.

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M66 Group  -- Leo Triplet, niteman1946