I took this one over the last new moon period.
The link is here https://www.astrobin.com/n2ec75/
Mount: AP 900
Camera: QSI wsg 540
Telescope: Televue 101is
Software: PixInsight
The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small galaxy group in Leo about 35 million light years away. This group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, M66 and NGC 3628. The three galaxies in the M66 Group have all been affected by gravitational interactions with each other. This is evident in the deformed, drawn out spiral arms of M66 that are experiencing a high rate of star forming activity and in the warped, inflated disk of NGC 3628. With a prominent tidal tail consisting mainly of young blue stars, NGC 3628 seems to be the most affected of the three, while M65 appears to have suffered the least damage from the interaction. The tidal tail of NGC 3628 spans over 300,000 light years and, although is is very faint, it is well shown in this image.
The link is here https://www.astrobin.com/n2ec75/
Mount: AP 900
Camera: QSI wsg 540
Telescope: Televue 101is
Software: PixInsight
The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small galaxy group in Leo about 35 million light years away. This group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, M66 and NGC 3628. The three galaxies in the M66 Group have all been affected by gravitational interactions with each other. This is evident in the deformed, drawn out spiral arms of M66 that are experiencing a high rate of star forming activity and in the warped, inflated disk of NGC 3628. With a prominent tidal tail consisting mainly of young blue stars, NGC 3628 seems to be the most affected of the three, while M65 appears to have suffered the least damage from the interaction. The tidal tail of NGC 3628 spans over 300,000 light years and, although is is very faint, it is well shown in this image.
