Wallpaper author:
Michal Wierzbinski
13 Nov 2025
Leo Triplet - M66 Group
The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group and Arp 317) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628.
Image captured from Telescope Live's site in Chile - total of 2h of LRGB exposure.
Data credit: Telescope.Live
Dataset from which the image was processed
Leo Triplet
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Group of Galaxies
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 169.9458 Dec 13.3178
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................29 Jan 2022 - 10 Feb 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 600 | 40m | 4 |
| Green | 450 | 30m | 4 |
| Blue | 600 | 30m | 3 |
| Red | 800 | 40m | 3 |