Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 61  ·  NGC 4292  ·  NGC 4301  ·  NGC 4303
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M61, Michael Caligiuri
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M61

Revision title: M61 - final

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M61

Revision title: M61 - final

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M61 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy residing in the Virgo cluster of galaxies, 52 mly away.  Image includes many other smaller galaxies including NGC4301 (below) and 4293 (left).  The tiny elongated reddish object just below the galaxy in this image is PGC 1268982, a spiral galaxy 1.4 billion light years away.

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Title: M61 - final

Description: Reprossed the galaxy core for greater contrast and detail

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M61, Michael Caligiuri