Galaxy
Messier 96
Also M96 · NGC 3368
A spiral galaxy, one of the two brightest members of the Leo I group.
Measured
- Distance
- 34.8 million light-years
- Size
- about 74,000 light-years across (approximate)
- Constellation
- Leo
- Position (J2000)
- RA 10h 46m 46s, Dec +11.82°
How far, from the Sun
34.8 million light-years. To cross it:
- Light34.8 million years
- Voyager 1's speed618 billion years
- Driving at 100 km/h376 trillion years
Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.
Facts
- Its arms and core are slightly lopsided, probably pulled by its neighbours.
- It is moving away from us at about 890 km/s (NASA/IPAC NED).
Where this comes from
- Cosmicflows-3, Tully, Courtois & Sorce 2016, AJ 152, 50 (10.67 Mpc)
- This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
- This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).
Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.