Spiral Galaxy · M96

M96 — NGC 3368

M96 is the brightest member of the M96 Galaxy Group (also called the Leo I Group), located about 31 million light-years from Earth. It is an intermediate spiral galaxy with a prominent nuclear bar and slightly asymmetric spiral arms — the a

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