Leo Triplet Galaxies [M65, M66, NGC 3628] Click to view larger resolution image: 1200 x 970 pixels

Telescope Focal Length/Ratio Mount Camera Filters Exposure Binning Focuser Guiding Location Date Processing

AP160** + AP field flattener 1232mm   F/7.7 Takahashi NJP Temma 2 Apogee Alta U16M Astrodon Gen2 LRGB 3.25 hours [40 Lum, 50 Blue, 50 Green, 50 Red] 1x1 Robo-Focus Borg 60 ach + SBIG ST-402ME Texas Star Party, Prude Ranch in Ft. Davis, TX Apr 21, 2009 - captured with Maxim DL v4 - aligned and combined in Maxim DL v4 - adjusted in PhotoShop CS3 **Courtesy of 3RF.org

Visible to us in the Leo constellation (see map below), these galaxies are approximately 30 million light-years away from earth. While we are seeing the edge of NGC 3628, we see right on top of M66 and M65 at an angle.

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