Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  IC 2684  ·  IC 2694  ·  IC 2708  ·  IC 2745  ·  IC 2762  ·  IC 2782  ·  IC 2787  ·  Leo Triplet  ·  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
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The Leo Triplet, Gabe Shaughnessy
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The Leo Triplet

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The Leo Triplet

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The Leo Triplet is a group of three galaxies in the constellation Leo, and lie around 35 million light years away. Interactions between M66 and NGC3628 have resulted in distortion in the shape of M66, and a 300000 light year long tidal tail for NGC3628. Research has suggested that M65 may have also interacted with these two around 800 million years ago.

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