Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 84  ·  M 86  ·  M 87  ·  NGC 4313  ·  NGC 4371  ·  NGC 4374  ·  NGC 4388  ·  NGC 4402  ·  NGC 4406  ·  NGC 4425  ·  NGC 4429  ·  NGC 4435  ·  NGC 4438  ·  NGC 4452  ·  NGC 4459  ·  NGC 4461  ·  NGC 4473  ·  NGC 4477  ·  NGC 4486  ·  Virgo Galaxy
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Virgo Cluster, Pepe Chambó
Virgo Cluster
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The Virgo Cluster, wich contains 1,300 galaxies aproximately, is at same time the central region of the Virgo Supercluster wich contains one hundred more of others clusters and galaxies groups (englobing our own Milky Way). Moreover at same time the superclusters are the bricks wich making up the large and huge walls wich shape the cavernous structure of the Universe.

Because to limitations in this deep field image of Virgo Cluster we can see "only" 31 galaxies (each one with its hundreds of billions of stars). The three brightest around magnitude 9 are: M 87 (up), M 86 (center), and M 84 (a bit more down); the rest of galaxies going down unto 13th magnitude.

More info into the Blog  C O M E T O G R A F I A(in Spanish)

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Virgo Cluster, Pepe Chambó

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