Elliptical Galaxy Messier 105 (M105) and Friends

            The galaxies M105, NGC 3384 and NGC 3373 form a nice galactic triplet in the constellation Leo. M105 is the elliptical galaxy on the right of the image, NGC 3384 is the elliptical galaxy on the upper left and NGC 3373 is a spiral galaxy on the lower left. Magnitudes for these galaxies are 9.3 for M105, 10.0 for NGC 3384 and 11.8 for NGC 3373. The distance to these galaxies is roughly 30+ million light years.

Observation data (J2000 epoch) for M105
Constellation: Leo
Right ascension: 10h 47m 49.600s
Declination: +12° 34′ 53.87″
Distance: 36.6 Mly (11.22 Mpc)
Group or cluster: Leo I Group
Apparent magnitude (V): 9.3

Tech Specs: Orion 8" f/8 Ritchey-Chretien Astrograph Telescope, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ASI071MC-Pro, ZWO AAPlus, ZWO EAF, 160 x 60 seconds at -10C plus darks and flats, processed using DSS. Image Date: February 26, 2022. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W95), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).

   

Taken in: United States / Pennsylvania / Packer Township (show map)

Taken on: November 2, 2022

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