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M96_NGC3368 on 2025-01-22,24,25

Messier 96, also named NGC3368, is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 31 million light-years away in the constellation Leo.

This photo was taken in Kyle, Texas through a 6-inch f/4 Telescope, on a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R mount, with a ZWO ASI533MC PRO color camera. The processing was done in PixInsight. The total image acquisition time is: 6 hours 34 minutes 30 Seconds. 

M95 & M96 on 2025-01-22,24,25 - WIDE FIELD VIEW 

The five brightest galaxies in this view are as follows (left to right) ... M95, M96, M105,  NGC3384, NGC3389. If you zoom in and carefully study the picture, you will see many other tiny galaxies.

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