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Messier 105

Image: Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Image: Sloan Digital Sky Survey

This is an elliptical galaxy which appears to us as spherical. It is close to a spiral galaxy, NGC3384, and the two are thought to be interacting.



Facts and Figures


Object type: An Elliptical GalaxyA Cluster of Galaxies - Binary - Black Hole.
Distance: 335,000,000,000,000,000,000 km.
Size (approximate diameter): 333,000,000,000,000,000 km.