Leo I Group

E561238

The Leo I Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Leo that forms one of the closest galaxy groups to our own Local Group.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Leo I Group canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
galaxy group ⓘ
contains interacting galaxies ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 10–12 megaparsecs ⓘ
distanceFromLocalGroup about 10–12 megaparsecs ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Leo I Group of galaxies ⓘ
linked to: M96 Group
hasApproximateDeclination +13 degrees ⓘ
hasApproximateRightAscension 11 hours ⓘ
hasBrightGalaxy Messier 105 ⓘ
Messier 65 ⓘ
Messier 66 ⓘ
Messier 95 ⓘ
Messier 96 ⓘ
NGC 3379 ⓘ
NGC 3384 ⓘ
NGC 3623 ⓘ
NGC 3627 ⓘ
hasEnvironment low-density cosmic environment ⓘ
hasGalaxyTypeDiversity elliptical galaxies ⓘ
lenticular galaxies ⓘ
spiral galaxies ⓘ
hasMember M66 Group ⓘ
M96 Group ⓘ
hasNotableSubgroup M66 Group ⓘ
M96 Group ⓘ
isCatalogedAs nearby extragalactic system in many galaxy group catalogs ⓘ
isGravitationallyBoundSystem true ⓘ
isNearby Local Group ⓘ
isObservedIn optical wavelengths ⓘ
radio wavelengths ⓘ
isOneOfClosestGalaxyGroupsTo Local Group ⓘ
isPartOf nearby galaxy groups ⓘ
isUsedFor distance scale calibration ⓘ
studies of dark matter distribution in galaxy groups ⓘ
studies of galaxy dynamics in small groups ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Leo ⓘ
memberOf Local Volume ⓘ
redshiftRange low redshift ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virgo Supercluster → contains → Leo I Group ⓘ
M96 Group → partOf → Leo I Group ⓘ