Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 87  ·  NGC 4486
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M87 and its Globular Clusters, lowenthalm
M87 and its Globular Clusters
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M87 and its Globular Clusters

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Here is my first attempt at capturing some of the globular clusters around M87 with my Revolution Imager R2 from a dark sky site with my 16" goto dob. You can see a few as fuzzy dots around this giant elliptical! Some of the larger dots near M87 are probably nearby irregulars. This is 100 5.1 second exposures live-stacked with SharpCap 3.1. I had the gain cranked up on the camera, so its a bit noisy. I'll try again in the future, stacking more images to reduce noise.

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M87 and its Globular Clusters, lowenthalm

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