Messier 66 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located around 31 million light years from Earth
in the equatorial half of the Leo constellation and has an apparent magnitude of 8.9
This galaxy is a member of the Leo Triplet, a small group of galaxies that includes M65 and NGC 3628.

LRGB Image, data taken in May 2018, June 2019, May 2020 & April 2026 from Lockwood Valley, California

Lum 195 minutes 1x binned, 15 min sub-exposures
RGB 105:120:105 minutes 2x binned, 15 min sub-exposures

Total Exposure Time = 8.75 hours

This image has been cropped to approx. 66% of the original FOV