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M 96, NGC 3368 on 2025-01-22,24,25

Messier 96, also named NGC 3368, 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. 

M 95 & M 96 on 2025-01-22,24,25 - WIDE FIELD VIEW 

The five brightest galaxies in this view are as follows (left to right) ... M 95, M 96, M 105,  NGC 3384, NGC 3389. If you zoom in and carefully study the picture, you will see many other tiny galaxies.

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