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1. Kelly Lepo (kellylepo@astrodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 11-Feb-2024 22:37:00 UTC Kelly Lepo

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   NGC 3627 is a member of the Leo Triplet. This small group of galaxies consists of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC3628 at upper left, and the nearly face-on spirals NGC 3627 (M66) at lower left and NGC 3623 (M65) at lower right.

   The left image is from Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies from 1966. The Leo triplet is number 317 in the catalog.
   https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Arp80.html

   The right image is from the Burrell Schmidt Telescope at Kitt Peak, taken in 1995.
   https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m65a66/
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