Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  HD98388  ·  HD98644  ·  IC 2708  ·  IC 2745  ·  Leo Triplet  ·  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
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M66 Group - The Leo Triplet, Ivan
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M66 Group - The Leo Triplet

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M66 Group - The Leo Triplet

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I wasn't even going to bother with this target as I figured it would just be too small to catch well with my 73mm refractor, but I had some time and opportunity and there really wasn't anything else to go after from my yard, so here it is!

I also took about 2 hours of Ha, but I couldn't work it in well enough to see a positive difference, just headaches and a reduction of contrast in some areas so I left it out.
Stars are reduced. Fairly cropped image.

I think I'm definitely pushing the level of detail I can really capture on something so small with what I've got, it gets overcooked really quickly, and I'm not the happiest with the actual M66, but 2 out of 3 ain't bad :p

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M66 Group - The Leo Triplet, Ivan