The Leo Triplets are M65, M66, and NGC 3628. They’re gravitationally bound together, and are very close in the night sky to one another – just not quite close enough to get them all in one shot with the eVscope. All are great targets for it, though, as you can see below.
Plus M98. I’d wanted a better shot of it, and I got it.
M65 and M66
44m
2026-05-11
Two-thirds of the Leo Triplet in one shot. I wanted a longer dwell that my previous attempt, and it was a good night.
NGC 3628
26m
2026-05-12
Another shot of one of my faviorites, with its slightly-off-kilter disk. Excellent details and colors with a reasonably good dwell time.
M98
48m
2026-05-11
I wanted a re-visit, and it’s a good one. It looks to me like 4 disks – a teeny bright one in the middle, a slightly less-bright one surrounding it, and each one dimmer than the last.
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