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Galaxies M95 and M96 in Leo

author: R.Gendler/Novapix

reference: a-gax33-51001

Image Size 300 DPI: 12 * 8 cm

M95 (NGC 3351, left), is a barred spiral galaxy, M96 (NGC 3368, right), is a spiral galaxy. With M105 (not pictured here), they are dominant members of the Leo I galactic group which also includes several fainter galaxies. Their distance from our Sun has been determinated with great precision thanks to the discovery of Cepheids stars in these galaxies and a type IA supernova in M96 appeared in May 1998. Their distance to our Sun is 37 million light-years.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - BARRED SPIRAL GALAXY - CEPHEID - DISTANCE - GALAXY - HUBBLE CONSTANT - LEO - LEO 1 - M95 - M96 - NGC 3351 - NGC 3368 - Sa - SBb - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR - TYPE Ia - UNIVERSE EXPANSION -