Sunday, May 15, 2011

Markarian's Chain


This image was taken in Tucson in March and consists of 30 4-minute exposures.  There are nine galaxies in this image which form part of the Virgo cluster.  Markarian's Chain is 60 million light years from Earth.  The brightest galaxy in the center is M86, the galaxy to the right is M84, The two galaxies in the upper right are The Eyes (NGC 4438 and 4435).

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