Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  HD98388  ·  HD98644  ·  IC 2684  ·  IC 2694  ·  IC 2745  ·  IC 2762  ·  IC 2782  ·  IC 2787  ·  Leo Triplet  ·  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
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Leo Triplet

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Leo Triplet

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The Leo Triplet is a group of three galaxies (Messier 65, Messier 66, and NGC 3628) that are approximately 35 million light-years distant. These galaxies are gravitationally bound and as a consequence M66 (the galaxy that appears in the lower left) and NGC 3628 (the one that appears in the upper part) have suffered distortion in their arms and spirals.

The weather has been very uncooperative this year. Therefore, this image has only two hours of integration. Also, the battle to eliminate the gradients of light pollution was the biggest that I have fought so far. At f / 2 it wreaks havoc on broadband images. At one point I gave up the project, but kept trying and got this image. Anyway, it was a good opportunity to practice.

It was not so bad, don't you think?

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