M 105 (NGC 3379) Galaxy group in Leo

includes NGC 3384 & NGC 3389

M 105 is located at: RA 10 hours 47 minutes 50 seconds, Dec +12 degrees 34 minutes 55 seconds

Size: 5.4' x 4.8' / 5.5' x 2.5' & 2.7' x 1.3'; Magnitude: 10.2 blue / 10.9 blue & 12.4 blue; Class: E1 / SB(s)0-: & SA(s)c

North is up

West to the right

Telescope:

 8" f5 Newtonian reflector

Camera:

  ST-8XME self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.53

Image:

Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 260 minutes (26 x 10 minutes) 05/29/30/31/2006

Processing:

CCDStack 1.2, Photoshop 7.0

Location:

 Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s)

Notes:

The group is named after M 105 (the large featureless E1 galaxy is the westernmost object), the elongated SB(s)o-: NGC 3384 next largest to the east, and finally the little spiral NGC 3389 SA(s)c