M105 and friends
A Trio of
galaxies can be seen in this 1.5 hour long
image, also taken on Feb 27, 2004. Clockwise starting from the
left galaxy they are: M105 an Elliptical Galaxy at mag 10.10, NGC
3384 a Lenticular Galaxy at mag 10.72 and NGC 3389 a Spiral Galaxy at
mag 12.42. The Spiral shows some interesting detail
compared to it's brighter companions. The
closest of the three is M105 at 38 million light years
distant. Interestingly they are all moving in a
different direction and speed. M105 is receding at
752 km/s and NGC 3389 is receding at 1138 km/sec, the other
galaxies in the group range from about 450 to 760 km/sec.
