M105: A supermassive black hole in the constellation Leo.
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Like many of the other galaxies in this directory, M105 (aka NGC 3379) was observed with both Hubble Space Telescope, for a super-sharp view of the galaxy's center, and with ground-based telescopes, for a wider view of the regions farther from the galaxy's core.
The galaxy appears brightest at the center, where the stars are packed most densely, and then gets dimmer towards the edges, as the ... 



