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. It is the biggest elliptical galaxy in the Messier catalogue
M105 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope; Credit: NASA/ESA
Messier 96 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 31 million light-years away in the constellation Leo.
ESO's Very Large Telescope image of Messier 96, also known as NGC 3368. It shows its core displaced from the centre, its gas and dust are distributed asymmetrically and its spiral arms are ill-defined.