Copeland Septet
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Copeland's Septet is a compact group of interacting galaxies located approximately 430 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. Although historically named a septet due to the seven primary
A group of galaxies nicknamed the Copeland Septet, in the constellation of Leo.
NGC 3748
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NGC 3748 is a lenticular galaxy with a bar located in the Leo constellation. It is located 440 million light-years away from the Solar System and was discovered by Ralph Copeland on April 5, 1874, but
Copeland Septet
…portion of the cluster contains NGC 3746 (HCG 57b), a barred spiral galaxy that has hosted two documented supernovae (SN 2002ar and SN 2005ba), and NGC 3748 (HCG 57e), an edge-on lenticular galaxy with a dust lane. The remaining cataloged components are NGC 3751 (HCG 57f), an elliptical galaxy on the southern…
NGC 3748 is located on the top right of the image above NGC 3745 and NGC 3746 which was taken by Mount Lemmon Observatory
Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of NGC 3748 next to two members of the Copeland Septet.