M65-66 - Part of Leo triplet
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M65-NGC 3623 (down-left on image) :

Type Location r.a. dec. Size Magnitude Distance
Galaxy Leo 11h18.9 13°05' 10' x 3.3' 9.3 29 Mly

M66-NGC 3627 (up-right on image) :

Type Location r.a. dec. Size Magnitude Distance
Galaxy Leo 11h20.2 12°59' 8.7' x 4.4' 9 29 Mly

The third member of the Leo triplet is NGC 3628

Image data :

Date F ratio Binning Exp Time (s) Special processing Notes
03/18/99 4 2:1 600 Lucy-Richardson Image reprocessed Feb 2000