The Leo Triplet Galaxies M65, M66 and NGC3628 - 31 million light years distant in the constellation Leo (naturally)
Messier 65 (NGC3623) at bottom right, is a spiral galaxy 8.7x2.2 arcminutes in size and has a visual magnitude of 9.3
Messier 66 (NGC3627) at bottom left, is a spiral galaxy 8.2x3.9 arcminutes in size and has a visual magnitude of 8.9
NGC3628, top, is an edge-on sprial galaxy 14x4.0 arcminutes in size and has a visual magnitude of 9.5

NGC3593 is at far right beside the two bright blue stars

There are MANY more tiny background galaxies to see too.

Click on the image above to see it 3X as large. 

Imaging Details:
Telescope: Astro-Physics AP110GTX w Optec FTX40 focus motor
Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro
Mount: AP Mach2 UNGUIDED

23 x 5 min

Acquisition via TSX  and APCC Pro
Bulk of processing PixInsight and some final clean-up in Photoshop

Lucknow, Ontario, Canada
March 2026

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