Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 95  ·  NGC 3351
M95, Jan Scheers
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M95

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Messier 95, also known as M95 or NGC 3351, is a barred spiral galaxy located about 33 million light-years away in the zodiac constellation Leo.
The galaxy has a morphological classification of SB(r)b, the "(r)" meaning an inner ring surrounds the bar. The latter is a ring-shaped, circumnuclear star-forming region with a diameter of approximately 2,000 light-years. The spiral structure extends outward from the ring.
Measuring over 80,000 light-years in diameter, this galaxy is one of several that fall into the M96 Group, located in the constellation Leo. This Group consists of between 8 and 24 galaxies in total and three Messier Objects: M95, M96, and M105.

Image captured with the Officina Stellare ProRC 700 telescope and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in IC Astronomy Observatory, Oria, Spain.

Total integration time 400 minutes.
LRGB 10 subs of 600s with each filter.

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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M95, Jan Scheers