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Messier 66 NGC 3627 iPhone Case Android phone case 2-m VLT Kueyen telescope atNGC 3627, also known as Messier 66, i. e. it is the 66th object in the famous catalogue of nebulae by French astronomer Charles Messier (1730 1817). It is located in the constellation Leo (The Lion). NGC 3627 is a beautiful spiral with a well developed central bulge. It also displays large scale dust lanes. Many regions of warm hydrogen gas are seen throughout the disc of this galaxy. The latter regions are being ionised by radiation from clusters of