Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  IC 643  ·  M 105  ·  M 95  ·  M 96  ·  NGC 3351  ·  NGC 3368  ·  NGC 3379  ·  NGC 3384  ·  NGC 3389
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M95 and M96, Barry Flansburg
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M95 and M96

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M95 and M96

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This is an image of the field around the galaxies M95 and M96 in the constellation Leo taken the night of March 1st, 2024. It consists of 22 300-second exposures each through red, green, and blue filters. It was taken through a 7-inch Stellarvue SVX180T refractor with a ZWO ASI6200MM camera. It has been cropped slightly to remove the edge artifacts due to stacking. M95 is at lower right. M96 is at bottom center. The three galaxies at top are, clockwise from the top, NGC 3384, Herschel H17-1, and the blue galaxy NGC 3389. Taken from my backyard in the New Mexico Astronomy Village near Deming, New Mexico.

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M95 and M96, Barry Flansburg