a trio of galaxies M65,M66 &NGC3628
These galaxies located in the constellation of Leo
are seemingly in close proximity to one another but of course are many light years apart. All three were captured in this field of view taken
with my 8" scope at f6.3 at the prime focus using an old Fujica 35mm camera , The exposure was
25 minutes long hand guided with an off axis guider. A little contrast enhancement was done to tone
down the obviuos vignetting but the galaxies are still clearly visible even thru the sky haze ! Visibly the galaxy at the bottom of the photo NGC3628 with the obvious dark lane splitting it in two was barely seen in a low power eyepiece ! The other two galaxies M65 & 66 were easily seen and can be seen in most small telescopes !