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.
M65 Spiral Galaxy(upper right) & M66 Spiral Galaxy (lower right) with NGC-3628 the Hamburger Galaxy(left) also picked up the faint tidal tail.
The Leo Triplet – Galaxies that look awesome even through most small telescopes.
The FOV was much wider in my original RASA image, but I cropped in on the galaxies so you can see the details in them easier.
Capture details:
RASA 8 inch F2.0 Scope, AM5 Harmonic Mount, ASI Air via Wifi to I-pad, ZWO 294 MC Cooled Cmos Camera.
60 minutes exposure (12 x 300 sec. subs) on 11/17/2025 from my observatories at JBSPO in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
