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M66

Leo Triplet · NGC 3627

Constellation
Leo
Shape
Spiral
Magnitude
9.0
Size
8.7′
Position
11h 20m, +13.0°
Distance
31.6 ± 2.6 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M66

Further info

NASA: Messier 66

NED: M66

SIMBAD: M66

Wikipedia: Messier 66

Sources

Distance: NED-D (Steer 2020)

Magnitude and size: NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott 1988)

Shape: RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991)

Name: Wikipedia, List of Messier objects

M66, NGC 3627
Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin and Robert Gendler