Spiral Galaxy M66
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! style="text-align:left;" | Apparent magnitude (V)
| +8.9
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! style="text-align:left;" | Apparent dimensions (V)
| 8.7' × 4.4'
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! style="text-align:left;" | Constellation
| Leo
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: #30D5C8; text-align: center;" | Physical characteristics
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! style="text-align:left;" | Radius
| ?
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! style="text-align:left;" | Absolute magnitude (V)
| 12.7
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! style="text-align:left;" | Notable features
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Other designations
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|} M66 (also known as NGC 3627) is a barred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1780. M66 is part of the famous Leo Triplett, with M65 and NGC 3628, in the Leo I group of galaxies (M66 subgroup). External link
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