Science Source Stock Photo - Elliptical Galaxy, M105, NGC 3379

Elliptical Galaxy, M105, NGC 3379

Description: M105 is a type E1 elliptical galaxy and the brightest member of the Leo I galaxy grouping. M105 was used as a photometric standard for surface brightness distributions due to the smoothness of its profile, but as is inevitable when any galaxy is studied too hard, it has been found not to be quite as smooth or quite as standard as originally suggested. This image is a CCD color composite taken at the KPNO 0.9-meter telescope on February 5th 1996 (UT). Like all pictures of M105 (the galaxy at the right), it also includes NGC3384 (above and left of center), which is part of the Leo I group, and NGC3379 (bottom left), which is a more distant background galaxy.

Credit:

NOAO/AURA/NSF/Science Source

Unique identifier: SS2712697

Legacy Identifier: JC6836

Type: Image

Size: 4200px × 3360px (~40 MB)

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