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Leo Triplet (large)

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Leo Triplet

The Leo Triplet consists of M65 (top right) M66 (bottom right) and NGC 3628 (left). This is a galaxy group, not a chance alignment. The distance to these three galaxies is about 35 million light years.

Date 20th March 2009
Telescope 250mm F4.8 Newtonian Reflector with MPCC coma corrector
Filter Clear
Exposure NGC3628: 21x5min Clear

M65 M66: 17x5min Clear

Software CCDStack, IRIS