Posts Tagged ‘Leo Triplet’

The Leo Triplet and NGC 3628 by Peter Campbell-Burns and Kevin Pretorius

Peter: Kevin and I met at my house for a night of imaging. Despite the cloud of volcano ash over the UK we enjoyed a lovely sky.  The promised glorious sunsets had not appeared suggesting that the cloud was having minimal effect, but my images showed a brighter than usual background which may have...
April 19th, 2010 | Featured Articles, Kevin Pretorius, Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More

Leo Triplet (M65, M66, and NGC 3628) Imaged by John Moore

Leo Triplet - click to expand
September 4th, 2009 | John Moore | Read More

Leo Triplet Imaged by Peter Campbell-Burns

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. It consists of the spiral galaxies M65, the M66, and the NGC 3628. Lookup Leo Triplet on SEDS Leo Triplet – click to enlarge The image was taken with an Orion...
August 13th, 2009 | Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More