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Name / Constellation

Leo Triplet

Other: M66 Group, Arp 317, LGC 231, NOGG P1 533, NOGG P2 543

Leo

Coordinates AR: 11h 17m 00s - Dec: +13° 25′ 00″
Optics Takahashi FSQ 106N APO Fluorite F5
Camera-Mount ZWO ASI 2400 MC Pro - ZWO ASI174Mini Guider (OAG)- 10Micron GM2000 QCI Mount
Filters IDAS LPS-D3
Exposure  
  • 91 x 300 sec - 7h 35m
 
Location / Date Promiod (Valle D'Aosta-Italy) "TLP" Remote Observatory - Dec 2025
Seeing About 3" @ 2.3 arcosec/pixel unbinned
Note  
Acquisition NINA
Processing Adobe Photoshop CS5 -
Comment

 

The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65M66, and NGC 3628