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moonshinegnomie

(3,967 posts) Wed Feb 25, 2026, 10:35 PM 3 hrs ago

the leo triplet of galaxies

the leo triplet,composed of M65,M66 and NGC 3628. these 3 galaxies are about 35 million light years away
10 hours of exposure in my yard

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the leo triplet of galaxies (Original Post) moonshinegnomie 3 hrs ago OP

Way cool! 2naSalit 2 hrs ago #1

Triple wow! Permanut 2 hrs ago #2

Beautiful! Hey Joe 2 hrs ago #3

Are they close together in fact, or only in angular distance from our POV ? eppur_se_muova 1 hr ago #4

they are close together moonshinegnomie 1 hr ago #5

What an astonishing and gorgeous array! You do great work. Congrats on this stunning photo. ...n/t CaliforniaPeggy 45 min ago #6

I think WOW coves it pretty well. Thank you Moonshinegnomie JMCKUSICK 37 min ago #7

2naSalit

(101,608 posts)

1. Way cool!

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:38 PM

2 hrs ago

Permanut

(8,237 posts)

2. Triple wow!

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Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:43 PM

2 hrs ago

Hey Joe

(535 posts)

3. Beautiful!

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Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:58 PM

2 hrs ago

And fascinating!

eppur_se_muova

(41,542 posts)

4. Are they close together in fact, or only in angular distance from our POV ?

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:26 AM

1 hr ago

If they're actually close together -- imagine if you lived in one of those galaxies, and could see two huge, bright spiral galaxies in your night sky. Astronomy might have had a very different history in such a place.