Messier Index/M95

Messier 95 350px M95. Credit: w:NASA w:J2000 10 43 57.7NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database Results for NGC 3351 http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ 2007-10-03 +11 42 14 Leo 778 ± 4 km/s 32.6 ± 1.4 Mly (10.0 ± 0.4 Mpc)Jensen, Joseph B.; Tonry, John L.; Barris, Brian J.; Thompson, Rodger I.; Liu, Michael C.; Rieke, Marcia J.; Ajhar, Edward A.; Blakeslee, John P. Measuring Distances and Probing the Unresolved Stellar Populations of Galaxies Using Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuations Astrophysical Journal February 2003 583 2 712–726 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ApJ...583..712J 10.1086/345430 SB(r)b 11.4 3′.1 × 2′.9 NGC 3351, UGC 5850, PGC 32007 Messier 95 (also known as M95 or NGC 3351) is a w:barred spiral galaxy about 33 million w:light-years away in the w:constellation Leo. It was discovered by w:Pierre Méchain in w:1781, and catalogued by w:Charles Messier four days later. Nucleus The center of the galaxy contains a ring-shaped circumnuclear star-forming region with a diameter of approximately 2000 ly (600 pc).L. Colina, M. L. Garcia Vargas, J. M. Mas-Hesse, A. Alberdi, A. Krabbe Nuclear Star-forming Structures and the Starburst–Active Galactic Nucleus Connection in Barred Spirals NGC 3351 and NGC 4303 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1997 484 L41–L45 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997ApJ...484L..41C 10.1086/310766 Galaxy group information M95 is one of several galaxies within the w:M96 Group, a w:group of galaxies in the w:constellation Leo. The group also includes the w:Messier objects M96 and M105.R. B. Tully 1988 Nearby Galaxies Catalog Cambridge University Press Cambridge 0-521-35299-1P. Fouque, E. Gourgoulhon, P. Chamaraux, G. Paturel Groups of galaxies within 80 Mpc. II - The catalogue of groups and group members Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 1992 93 211–233 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992A&AS...93..211FA. Garcia General study of group membership. II - Determination of nearby groups Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 1993 100 47–90 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993A&AS..100...47GG. Giuricin, C. Marinoni, L. Ceriani, A. Pisani Nearby Optical Galaxies: Selection of the Sample and Identification of Groups Astrophysical Journal 2000 543 178–194 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ApJ...543..178G 10.1086/317070 External links SEDS: Spiral Galaxy M95 Astronomy Picture of the Day: M95 on 3/14/07 References