Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 3280  ·  IC 3303  ·  IC 3305  ·  IC 3311  ·  IC 3331  ·  IC 3344  ·  IC 3349  ·  IC 3355  ·  IC 3358  ·  IC 3363  ·  IC 3381  ·  IC 3382  ·  IC 3388  ·  IC 3393  ·  IC 3432  ·  IC 3443  ·  IC 794  ·  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  ·  And 17 more.
Markarian's Chain, Sergiy_Vakulenko
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Markarian's Chain

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Markarian's Chain

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Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster. When viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line. It was ultimately named after the Armenian astrophysicist, Benjamin Markarian, who discovered their common motion in the early 1960s. Member galaxies include M84 (NGC 4374), M86 (NGC 4406), NGC 4477, NGC 4473, NGC 4461, NGC 4458, NGC 4438 and NGC 4435.

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Markarian's Chain, Sergiy_Vakulenko

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