M66 Leo Triplet is a photograph by Ricky Barnard which was uploaded on November 15th, 2012.
M66 Leo Triplet
Messier 66 (also known as NGC 3627) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 36 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by... more
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M66 Leo Triplet
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Ricky Barnard
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Photograph
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Messier 66 (also known as NGC 3627) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 36 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1780. M66 is about 95 thousand light-years across with striking dust lanes and bright star clusters along sweeping spiral arms. M66 is part of the famous Leo Triplet, a small group of galaxies that also includes M65 and NGC 3628.
Image credit NASA and ESA.
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November 15th, 2012