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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Celestron C11 Celestron
Imaging camera:40D Canon
Mount:CGEM Celestron
Guiding camera:Orion Star Shooter
Software:photoshop, Deep Sky Stacker
Resolution: 1535x985
Dates:April 6, 2011
Frames: 27x90"
Integration: 0.7 hours
Avg. Moon age: 2.61 days
Avg. Moon phase: 7.50%
Astrometry.net job: 957288
Locations: Leesburg home, Leesburg , Florida, United States
Messier 105 (also known as M105 and NGC 3379) is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Leo. Messier 105 is known to have a super massive black hole. Messier 105 was discovered by Pierre Méchain on 24 March 1781, just a few days after he discovered the nearby galaxies Messier 95 and Messier 96. This galaxy is one of several that were not originally included in the original Messier Catalogue compiled by Charles Messier. Messier 105 was included in the catalog only when Helen S. Hogg found a letter by Méchain describing Messier 105 and when the object described by Méchain was identified as a galaxy previously named NGC 3379.
Observation Notes : (M-105) Bright, large, little elongated, very bright middle, stellar nucleus, two companions in the field at 100X.
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