M66 is part of the Leo Triplet, the three galaxies I unexpectedly found. Really, the three of them look like a smiley face with M65 and M66 forming the eyes and NGC3628 looking like the mouth. This is a very pretty sight in the eyepiece. I'm glad I looked for them.

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M66

  • Observed with: Orion 10'' SkyQuest dobsonian
  • Seeing: average
  • Light pollution: poor