Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  12.38  ·  70 Panopaea  ·  IC 3258  ·  IC 3280  ·  IC 3303  ·  IC 3344  ·  IC 3349  ·  IC 3355  ·  IC 3363  ·  IC 3382  ·  IC 3388  ·  IC 3393  ·  IC 3443  ·  IC 3457  ·  IC 3459  ·  IC 3475  ·  M 84  ·  M 86  ·  M 87  ·  NGC 4374  ·  NGC 4387  ·  NGC 4388  ·  NGC 4402  ·  NGC 4406  ·  NGC 4413  ·  NGC 4425  ·  NGC 4431  ·  NGC 4435  ·  NGC 4436  ·  NGC 4438  ·  And 14 more.
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Markarian's Chain and M87's jet, Gabe Shaughnessy
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Markarian's Chain and M87's jet

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Markarian's Chain and M87's jet

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Markarian's Chain is a collection of galaxies in the constellation Virgo that appears to form a curved line. The members include M84, M86, NGC 4477, NGC 4473, NGC 4461, NGC 4458, NGC 4438 and NGC 4435.

Also in this field is M87, a very large elliptical galaxy at the lower left and is some 53 million light years away. It is one of the largest galaxy near the Milky Way and houses a supermassive black hole. From infalling material, this black hole powers a long jet that extends 5 thousand light years and is visible at the 2 o'clock position in the magnified view of version B. The jet is one of the brightest radio sources and was one of the first radio objects discovered. I was surprised to find the jet visible in a modest focal length scope. The TMB92SS with reducer gives about a 400mm focal length.

Among these galaxies are numerous distant galaxies highlighted in the annotated version A.

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Markarian's Chain and M87's jet, Gabe Shaughnessy

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