Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 105  ·  M 95  ·  M 96  ·  NGC 3351  ·  NGC 3368  ·  NGC 3379  ·  NGC 3384  ·  NGC 3389
M95 and friends:  The Leo Group, mads0100
M95 and friends:  The Leo Group
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M95 and friends: The Leo Group

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With galaxy season here, I wanted to give the Leo Group a try. The Leo group is a series of galaxies to include M95, M96, NGC3377, and M105. M95 is well known as one of the key galaxies examined by the Hubble Space Telescope looking for Cepheid variable stars. These stars are important because they can be used to gauge distance due to their steady dimming and brightening. These galaxies are roughly 37 million light-years from Earth.

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M95 and friends:  The Leo Group, mads0100