Messier Index/M105

Messier 105 300px M105, as viewed by the HST;Credit: w:NASA/w:ESA w:J2000 10 47 49.6NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database Results for M105 http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ 2006-11-16 +12 34 54 Leo 911 ± 2 km/s 32.0 ± 1.6 Mly (9.8 ± 0.5 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 E1 10.2 5′.4 × 4′.8 NGC 3379, UGC 5902, PGC 32256 Messier 105 (also known as M105 and NGC 3379) is an w:elliptical galaxy in the w:constellation Leo. Messier 105 is known to have a w:supermassive black hole. History Messier 105 was discovered by w:Pierre Méchain on 24 March w:1781, just a few days after he discovered the nearby galaxies w:Messier 95 and w:Messier 96.K. G. Jones 1991 Messier's Nebulae and Star Clusters 2nd Cambridge University Press Cambridge 0-521-37079-5 This galaxy is one of several that were not originally included in the original w:Messier Catalogue compiled by w:Charles Messier. Messier 105 was included in the catalog only when w:Helen S. Hogg found a letter by Méchain describing Messier 105 and when the object described by Méchain was identified as a galaxy previously named NGC 3379. Galaxy group information Messier 105 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 M95 and M96.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: Elliptical Galaxy M105 ESA/Hubble image of M105 References