M65, M66 and NGC 3628 – The Leo Triplet
Sketch and details by Wade V. Corbei
Here is a sketch from a few months back that I finally got around to digitizing. It is commonly referred to as the “Leo Triplet”, and consists of two (2) Messier objects and a NGC object: M65, M66 & NCG3628 respectively.
This was a fun find, which, up until now, I had never been able to remotely locate with my old 70mm. This past year has been full of great finds such as these (at least for me); as my observing experience with my new scope (one year old on 8-14-08 ) has just been phenomenal and beyond my expectations.
Wade,
Excellent sketching. You have captured the appearance and relative brightness of this threesome perfectly.
Frank