M88 in Coma Berenices (Michael Feigenbaum)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com) · Contains: M 88 · MQ J123139.38+142256.6 · MQ J123143.28+141608.6 · MQ J123201.80+141753.1 · MQ J123204.72+142011.5 · MQ J123223.66+143359.7 · MQ J123225.72+142413.0 · NGC 4501 · PGC 169487 · PGC 169494 · PGC 169501 · PGC 41496 · PGC 41515 · SDSS J123153.38+141602.6 · SDSS J123210.75+141854.4 · SDSS J123217.96+142313.1 · SDSS J123221.26+142852.0 · WISEA J123149.90+143107.3 · WISEA J123219.71+143236.5 · WISEA J123223.06+142612.6

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Here we have an attempt at Messier 88 in Coma Berenices. M88 is a large spiral lying about 47 million light years away with a diameter of about 105 thousand light years and about 400 billion stars. This is classified as a Sb or Sc spiral and is a type II Seyfert galaxy.

This galaxy has lost quite a bit of its neutral hydrogen via ram pressure stripping as it moves through The Virgo Cluster.

I was pleased to be able to get a good amount of integration time in on this one despite heavy work commitments. But the weather has finally begun to improve here in Arizona, a nice thing for sure. The color calibration was somewhat difficult on this one and I had to really work to get the colors to look like I thought they should. Also, I believe (but can certainly be wrong about this) that there are only about 50 Milky Way foreground stars in the field. The rest of the "stuff" is composed of distant galaxies and quasars. To that end, I worked very hard to preserve these background objects. I wanted to make sure that at least, all of the objects that get picked up on the plate solver can actually be seen in the field. I think I had some success to that end.

In any case, this was a very enjoyable project to do and I am somewhat pleased with the outcome. Comments and criticism are always welcome and I wish you all Clear Skies and Good Health.

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RA (center)	12h31m59s.475
RA (top/left)	12h31m30s.273
RA (top/right)	12h31m32s.438
RA (bottom/right)	12h32m28s.607
RA (bottom/left)	12h32m26s.540

Dec (center)	+14°25′05″.47
Dec (top/left)	+14°34′01″.57
Dec (top/right)	+14°15′46″.30
Dec (bottom/right)	+14°16′09″.31
Dec (bottom/left)	+14°34′24″.46

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