The Leo Triplet of spiral galaxies; Messier 65, Messier 66 and NGC 3628.

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The Leo Triplet of spiral galaxies; Messier 65 (right), Messier 66 (left) and the edge-on galaxy NGC 3628 (top), below the star Chertan in eastern Leo.

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