Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 3311  ·  M 86  ·  M 87  ·  NGC 4387  ·  NGC 4388  ·  NGC 4402  ·  NGC 4406  ·  NGC 4413  ·  NGC 4425  ·  NGC 4431  ·  NGC 4435  ·  NGC 4436  ·  NGC 4438  ·  NGC 4440  ·  NGC 4458  ·  NGC 4459  ·  NGC 4461  ·  NGC 4473  ·  NGC 4476  ·  NGC 4477  ·  NGC 4478  ·  NGC 4479  ·  NGC 4486  ·  The Eyes
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Markarian's Chain and M87, Muhammad Ali
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Markarian's Chain and M87

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Markarian's Chain and M87, Muhammad Ali
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Markarian's Chain and M87

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Markarian's Chain in Virgo constellation. This group of galaxies is part of Virgo Galaxy Cluster which consists of 1300 - 2000 galaxies.

M87, bottom right, is a supermassive elliptical galaxy with a mass 200 times more than Milky Way. M87 lies at the heart of Virgo cluster and is about 53 million light years from earth.

LRGB integration of 18 hours of data collected over several nights from my backyard.

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Markarian's Chain and M87, Muhammad Ali