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.
M96 with SN 1998bu imaged by the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Messier 95, also known as M95 or NGC 3351, is a barred spiral galaxy about 33 million light-years away in the zodiac constellation Leo. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781, and catalogued by c
Very Large Telescope image of Messier 95
Image of M95 taken by James Webb's MIRI and NIRCam instruments.
Optical and radio information are combined in this image of M95, showing the process of " stellar feedback", redistributing energy into the interstellar medium causing star-forming (blue area).