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as of 04/27/2024 8:14 a.m.
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General Info
| Type | Spiral Galaxy |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Right ascension | 11h18'55.900'' |
| Declination | +13°5'37'' |
| Magnitude | 9.300 |
| Distance | 35,000,000ly |
| Size | 8 arc min |
| Catalog Designations | NGC3623, M65 |
| Discovered | 1780 Charles Messier |
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Tyler (4830)
10" Dobsonian
10 points
Austin (5562)
Orion 10'' SkyQuest dobsonian
20 points
I couldn't believe it, but I had found the Leo triplet! M65 was one of the 3, and one of the 2 smaller rounder looking galaxies. What can you say really about a galaxy this magnitude in a small scope in light polluted skies? A small, dim smudge. What made this smudge special though was that it happened to be very close to 2 others...
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