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Leo Triplet Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello / Nicola Di Lorenzo

The Leo Triplet (or M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies at 35 million light-years in Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628. M65 11h 18m 56.0s +13° 05′ 32″ Messier 65 (NGC 3623) is an intermediate spiral galaxy and It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1780. M66 11h 20m 15.0s +12° 59′ 30″ Messier 66 (NGC 3627) is an intermediate spiral galaxy at 36 million light-years. It was also discovered by Charles Messier in 1780. NGC 3628 11h 20m 17.0s +13° 35′ 23″

NGC 3628, the Hamburger Galaxy is an unbarred spiral galaxy. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784.
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