The brightest member of the Leo I group of galaxies, M96 belongs to the Sa type of galaxies, which have tightly wound, poorly-defined spiral arms and a .... Locations: My lovely garden, J-City, Burgenland, Austria. Data source: Backyard. Description.
Puh...the dust from the Sahara really made the capturing and .... Object: M96 · Other Names: NGC 3368 · Object Type: spiral galaxy · Object Data: Apparent Magnitude = 9.2, Angular Size = 6x4 arc-minutes · Object Position (Equinox .... Along with close neighbors M95 and M105, M96 is the brightest galaxy in the Leo I galaxy group. With a diameter of about 100,000 light years, M96 contains a ....
This group (specifically M96) is 38 million light years away. If the outermost spiral arms are taken into account, the galaxy spans 100,000 ....