Leo Triplet of spiral galaxies, that includes two Messier galaxies M65 (lower right) and M66 (lower left), along with the edge-on spiral NGC 3628 (top). The galaxy NGC 3593 is at right. A number of other faint 15th-magnitude IC and PGC galaxies are also in the frame as tiny fuzzy spots hard to distinguish from stars at this scale. The Class K3 orange giant star 73 or nu Leonis is at right. Photographed on 13 April 2023.

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