Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
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The Leo Triplets, BrianH
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Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628). NGC3628 is often referred to as the Hamburger Galaxy. This image is a collaboration between me, Gergő Baldauf of the Sacramento Valley Astronomical Society (SVAS) and the Community Observatory. I captured 2 nights of data from home with my William Optics Fluorostar132, the Community Observatory's TEC180 refractor captured 6 nights on this target and The SVAS club's Stellarvue SVX152 added 2 more nights from excellent Bortle 3 (21.5 magnitude) skies in the Mendocino National Forest. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Triplet#:~:text=The%20Leo%20Triplet%20%28also%20known%20as%20the%20M66,spiral%20galaxies%20M65%2C%20M66%2C%20and%20NGC%203628%20.

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The Leo Triplets, BrianH