Messier 105, also known as M105 or NGC 3379, is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Leo, discovered by Pierre Mechain in 1781 but not added to Charles Messier's published catalogue in his own lifetime; the French astronomer Camille Flammarion identified Mechain's notes and formally added it to the Messier catalogue in 1947. It lies roughly 32 million light-years from Earth, is the brightest member of the M96 Group, and hosts a central supermassive black hole whose mass has been measured from the motion of stars near its nucleus.
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Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
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Messier 105 (Wikipedia)
Messier 105, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
Messier 105 or M105, also known as NGC 3379, is an elliptical galaxy 36.6 million light-years away in the equatorial constellation of Leo.
Messier 105, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
Messier 105 or M105, also known as NGC 3379, is an elliptical galaxy 36.6 million light-years away in the equatorial constellation of Leo.
- In Group: Elliptical Galaxies, infobox 'type' field: E1 (NED classification, de Vaucouleurs system) filed under Elliptical Galaxies
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