Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
LEO Triplet, Peter Juhlin
LEO Triplet
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LEO Triplet

LEO Triplet, Peter Juhlin
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LEO Triplet

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Leo triplet NGC3628, M65 and M66

I tried at least 4 times to get enough data for an integration since december until this week. Lot of dizzy weather etc, you all is familar whith that. I have to erase so many exposures so its crazy. However, 2.5H decent data so far. Im happy with it.

The Hamburger galaxy´ have a distance of 35 million LY is in this sideway view , same distance for M65 and M66. M66 who show more of its shape of more than 100000 LY across and the biggest of the three galaxies. The assymetric arms is a result of interaction with the other members. Similar effect for NGC3628 . Lot of activity and ionized gas in M66 too, its even visible in this picture.

..to be contimued

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LEO Triplet, Peter Juhlin