M95, M96, M105 (Richard Beck)

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, M96, M105

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M95, M96, M105

Given my single scope, I thought I would capture these three Messier objects (plus some additional small galaxies) in a single frame. I hope to be able to revisit with a longer focal length in the future.

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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. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781, and catalogued by fellow French astronomer Charles Messier four days later.

Messier 96 (also known as M96 or NGC 3368) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 31 million light-years away in the constellation Leo (the Lion). It was discovered by French astronomer Pierre Méchain on March 20, 1781. After communicating his finding, French astronomer Charles Messier confirmed the finding four days later and added it to his catalogue of nebulous objects.

This complex galaxy is inclined by an angle of about 53° to the line of sight from the Earth, which is oriented at a position angle of 172°. It is categorized as a double-barred spiral galaxy with a small inner bulge through the core along with an outer bulge.

M105, also known as NGC 3379, is an elliptical galaxy located 36.6 million light years away in the equatorial constellation of Leo. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain on 24 March 1781, just a few days after he discovered the nearby galaxies M95 and M96. This galaxy is one of several that were not originally included in the original Messier Catalogue compiled by Charles Messier.

This galaxy has a morphological classification of E1, indicating a standard elliptical galaxy with a flattening of 10%. The major axis is aligned along a position angle of 71°.

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RA (center)	10h46m27s.90
RA (top/left)	10h43m26s.13
RA (top/right)	10h43m23s.39
RA (bottom/right)	10h49m28s.23
RA (bottom/left)	10h49m33s.74

Dec (center)	+12°09′49″.5
Dec (top/left)	+13°09′14″.0
Dec (top/right)	+11°11′01″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	+11°10′17″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	+13°08′27″.9

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