Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 105  ·  NGC 3379  ·  NGC 3384  ·  NGC 3389
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M105, NGC 3384, NGC 3389, Kurt Zeppetello
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M105, NGC 3384, NGC 3389

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M105, NGC 3384, NGC 3389, Kurt Zeppetello
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M105, NGC 3384, NGC 3389

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M105 or NGC 3379 is a elliptical galaxy in the constellation Leo. It is approximately 37.9 million light years away with a diameter of 55,000 light years. Its the brightest elliptical galaxy in the Leo I group of galaxies and has an estimated mass of 100 billion solar masses. (source: astropixels)

This was captured last week during that cold but clear weather window. I was not planning to image this but it was visible while I was waiting for other objects to become visible from my location. I was very happy since this was 3 Messier's for the price of 1. If they were all like this I would be done shooting the Messier Objects by now. New website: kurtzeppetello.smugmug.com.

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M105, NGC 3384, NGC 3389, Kurt Zeppetello

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