M65

spiral galaxy · the Leo Triplet · in Leo

36.9 million light-years from Earth

One of three spirals close together in Leo, the Leo Triplet. Its arms are wound tightly and it has little gas left, so it forms few new stars now.

• 37 million light-years · about 80,000 light-years across
• M66 is about 220,000 light-years from it on the sky

kind

galaxy

catalogue

M65 · NGC 3623

size

82,000 light-years across