Now Playing: A Spectacular View Of M66 (Leo Triplet)
Description: Hubblecast 34: "Hubble snaps heavyweight of the Leo Triplet". Hubble has snapped a spectacular view of M66, the largest "player" of the Leo Triplet, and a galaxy with an unusual anatomy: it displays asymmetric spiral arms and an apparently displaced core. The peculiar anatomy is most likely caused by the gravitational pull of the other two members of the trio. --- Please subscribe to Science & Reason: •