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M96 Galaxy Group

The M96 Group is a group of galaxies in Leo, lying around 38 mly distance away from our Milky Way Galaxy

M96 Galaxy Group (distances in million light years)
Bullet M95 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet M96 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet M105 - Elliptical Galaxy
Bullet NGC 3299 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet NGC 3377 - Elliptical Galaxy
Bullet NGC 3384 - Elliptical Galaxy
Bullet NGC 3412 - Spiral Galaxy
Bullet NGC 3489 - Spiral Galaxy
 
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M95 - Spiral Galaxy

M95 (Leo)
Image 
CCD Image,  5 x 2 minute exposure (average combine)
2004-02-19, 23:44 to 23:54 h UT (#58249-53)
8" LX200 classic + ST-7e

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M96 - Spiral Galaxy

M96 (Leo) 
Image
CCD Image
3 x 2 min (average combine),  C Filter
2004-12-11 06:11 h UT (#79023-25)
8" LX200 classic + ST-7e

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M105 - Elliptical Galaxy

M105 (Leo)
Image 
CCD  Image, 5 x 60 sec exposure (summed)
2004-03-28  23:13 h UT (#64107-11)
8" LX200 classic + ST-7e

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NGC 3299 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3299  (Leo)

Image
CCD Image (cropped)
4  x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2010-02-21 00:28 hUT (#414440-43)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 3377 - Elliptical Galaxy

NGC 3377  (Leo)
Member of M96 Galaxy Group

Image
CCD Image (cropped)
3  x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2010-02-21 00:57 hUT (#414488-91)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 3384 - Elliptical Galaxy

NGC 3384 (Leo)
NGC 3384 lenticular galaxy (catalog mag +10.7)
Image
CCD Image (cropped)
5  x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2010-02-18 00:44 hUT (#413054-58)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 3412 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3412 / Herschel I-27 (Leo)
Member of M96 Galaxy Group

Image
CCD Image (cropped)
5  x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2010-02-21 01:37 hUT (#414504-08)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 3489 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 3489 (Leo)

Image
CCD Image (cropped)
2  x 120s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 
2010-03-15 23:45 hUT (#417906-09)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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M96 Group Members:

Galaxy Name RA Dec Type m_v Dim RV
NGC 3299 H III.54 10:36.4 +12:42 SABdm 13.29p 2.1x1.7 465
M95 NGC 3351 10:44.0 +11:42 SBb 9.71 7.4x5.1 649
M96 NGC 3368 10:46.8 +11:49 Sbp 9.24 7.1x5.1 766
UGC 5889 NGC 3377A 10:47.4 +14:04 SABm 14.15p 2.0x1.9 449
NGC 3377 H II.99 10:47.7 +13:59 E5 10.21 4.4x2.7 595
M105 NGC 3379 10:47.8 +12:35 E1 9.26 4.5x4.0 752
NGC 3384 H I.18 10:48.3 +12:38 E7 9.96 5.9x2.6 641
NGC 3412 H I.27 10:50.9 +13:25 E5 10.55 3.6x2.0 737
NGC 3489 H II.101 11:00.3 +13:54 E6 10.33 3.7x2.1 576

Note: Green rows show galaxy group members that have been successfully imaged (white row have not yet been imaged).

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