Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  IC 2684  ·  IC 2745  ·  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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Leo Triplet, not surprisingly found in the Leo constellation, is about 35 million light years away.  It consists of M65, M66, and NGC3628.

Taken from my bortle 4-5 backyard between March 9th and 21st, 2023.

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Description: Reprocessed the RGB channels to improve color balance, and backed off on the saturation and brightness a bit to improve finer details in the dust band.

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