Messier 96

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Galaxy
Messier 96
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NGC 3368 ESO.jpg
Photo of the Very Large Telescope
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 46 m 45.7 s
declination + 11 ° 49 ′ 12 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (rs) from / Sy / LINER  
Brightness  (visual) 9.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 10.1 mag
Angular expansion 7.8 ′ × 5.2 ′
Position angle 176 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation M96 group
LGG 217  
Redshift 0.002992 ± 0.000013  
Radial velocity (897 ± 4) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(36 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly
(10.9 ± 0.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Pierre Méchain
Discovery date March 20, 1781
Catalog names
M  96 • NGC  3368 • UGC  5882 • PGC  32192 • CGCG  066-013 • MCG  + 02-28-006 • IRAS  10441 + 1205 • GC  2194 • h 749

Messier 96 = NGC 3368 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SAB (rs) ab in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic , which is an estimated 36 million light years away from the Milky Way . It is similar in size and mass to the Milky Way and has an active galaxy core .
The galaxy is the namesake of the M96 group, which also includes Messier 95 , Messier 105 and some smaller and weaker systems.

The object was discovered on March 20, 1781 by the French astronomer Pierre Méchain .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3368
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman