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The Leo Triplet Photographed by Scott Davis on March 9, 2013 From Eastman Lake, California   Description: The Leo Triplet is a grouping of three galaxies that are all approximately 35 million light years away in the constellation Leo. In the upper left is M66 (NGC3627). In the lower left is M65 (NGC3623). To the right of the image is NGC3628.   Imaging Camera: Canon EOS 60D   Imaging Scope/Lens: Orion Astrograph 8" f/3.9 Newtonian   Mount/Tripod: Celestron CGEM   Guide Scope/Camera: Orion Shorttube 80mm w/ Starshoot Autoguider   Exposure Details: Camera settings were ISO 1600 with 3-minute exposures. A total of 32 light frames and 7 dark frames were stacked to create this final image.

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