M95

barred spiral galaxy · the Leo I group · in Leo

31.8 million light-years from Earth

A barred spiral with a ring of new stars about 2,000 light-years across round its centre. In 2012 a star exploded in it: Hubble pictures taken years before show the star, a red supergiant, and pictures taken since show it gone.

• 31.8 million light-years · about 67,000 light-years across
• its Cepheid stars helped measure how fast the universe expands

kind

galaxy

catalogue

M95 · NGC 3351

size

67,000 light-years across