Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 95  ·  M 96  ·  NGC 3351  ·  NGC 3368
M95 - M96, Keith Rawlings
M95 - M96
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M95 - M96

M95 - M96, Keith Rawlings
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M95 - M96

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M95 (NGC 3351) (on the top of this image) is a beautiful barred spiral galaxy situated in constellation Leo, and one of the fainter Messier Objects at magnitude 9.8. It is about 31 million light years away.

M96 (NGC 3368) (at the bottom) is an intermediate spiral galaxy and is also about 31 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It is brighter at magnitude 9.3.

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M95 - M96, Keith Rawlings