The Leo Triplett (M66 group)
16.03.2007 23:00 UTC
M66 (western side) and M65 (eastern side) seamed very much alike in the eyepiece. Even if M65 is thinner in reality, visually it appeared less elongated than M66. Both messiers were bright and easy to see looking straight to. NGC3628 (north) was much dimmer, but it was easily distinguished as an edge on galaxy. This is a wery beautiful group of galaxies.
NGC Object List:
NGC3628 galaxy RA:11h20m16.7 Dec:+13°35m'24" BMag:10.4, UGC 6350
NGC3623 galaxy RA:11h18m55.6 Dec:+13°05m'27" BMag:10.1, M 65
NGC3627 galaxy RA:11h20m15.1 Dec:+12°59m'24" BMag: 9.7, M 66
| Location: Koivula,Kotka | Seeing: 2(5) | Background Sky: 2(5) | Magnification: 62x | Bright -1 deg celcius,medium weather, light pollution. |
Added: 16.03.2007 23:30 UTC
