Messier Index/M96

Messier 96 350px M95 (left) and M96 (right). Credit:Scott Anttila. w:J2000 SAB(rs)abNASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database Results for NGC 3368 http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ 2006-10-24 10 46 45.7 +11 49 12 31 ± 3 Mly (9.6 ± 1.0 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 897 ± 4 km/s +10.1 7′.6 × 5′.2 Leo NGC 3368, UGC 5882, PGC 32192 Messier 96 (also known as NGC 3368) is an w:intermediate spiral galaxy about 31 million w:light-years away in the w:constellation Leo. It was discovered by w:Pierre Méchain in w:1781. M96 Group M96 is the brightest galaxy within the w:M96 Group, a w:group of galaxies in the w:constellation Leo also includes the w:Messier objects M95 and M105, as well as at least nine other galaxies.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 NOAO: M96 SEDS: Spiral Galaxy M96 References