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Douglas Rollain

Cygnus area with Seestar s30 Pro

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The Leo Galaxy Triplet image

The Leo Galaxy Triplet

Contains: Deep sky object
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This image contains spiral galaxies Messier 65 & 66 along with NGC3628 (aka "The Hamburger Galaxy"). All three galaxies are in the constellation Leo at distances between 35 to 36 million light-years. These three galaxies are also referred to as the "Leo Triplet". http://owlmountainobservatory.com https://www.facebook.com/OwlMountainObservatory