10h46m45.7s, +11° 49′12″
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ESO's Very Large Telescope image of Messier 96, also known as NGC 3368. It shows its core displaced from the centre, its gas and dust are distributed asymmetrically and its spiral arms are ill-defined.
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Right ascension | 10h46m 45.7s[1] |
| Declination | +11° 49′ 12″[1] |
| Redshift | 897 ± 4 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 31 ± 3 Mly (9.6 ± 1.0 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +10.1[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(rs)ab[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 7′.6 × 5′.2[1] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 3368,[1] UGC 5882,[1] PGC 32192[1] | |
Messier 96 (also known as NGC 3368) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 31 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781.
M96 is the brightest galaxy within the M96 Group, a group of galaxies in the constellation Leo also includes the Messier objects M95 and M105, as well as at least nine other galaxies.[3][4][5][6] The M96 galaxy has asymmetric arms and a displaced core, probably caused by the gravitational pull by the other nearby galaxies.
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