Leo Triplet, M66, NGC3627

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Messier 66 (also known as NGC 3627) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 36 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1780. M66 is about 95 thousand light-years across with striking dust lanes and bright star clusters along sweeping spiral arms. M66 is part of the famous Leo Triplet, a small group of galaxies that also includes M65 and NGC 3628.

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Images by Martin Crow

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Images by Andrew Wilson

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The Leo Triplet – M65, M66 and NGC3628

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NGC 3628 is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. It has an approximately 300,000 light-years long tidal tail. NGC 3628 along with M65 and M66 form the famous Leo Triplet, a small group of galaxies. Its most conspicuous feature is the broad and obscuring band of dust located along the outer edge of its spiral arms, effectively transecting the galaxy to our view.

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80mm Equinox ED Refractor @ f6 with Canon 400D, 8 x 60s

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Altair Astro AO EQ6-R, ZWO ASI294MC Pro

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St Mary's Platt, Kent.

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