Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3303  ·  IC 3344  ·  IC 3355  ·  IC 3363  ·  IC 3382  ·  IC 3388  ·  IC 3393  ·  IC 3409  ·  IC 3432  ·  IC 3442  ·  IC 3476  ·  IC 3478  ·  M 84  ·  M 86  ·  M 88  ·  NGC 4374  ·  NGC 4387  ·  NGC 4388  ·  NGC 4402  ·  NGC 4406  ·  NGC 4407  ·  NGC 4413  ·  NGC 4425  ·  NGC 4435  ·  NGC 4438  ·  NGC 4446  ·  NGC 4447  ·  NGC 4458  ·  NGC 4459  ·  NGC 4461  ·  And 8 more.
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M84 Markian's Chain, George  Yendrey
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M84 Markian's Chain

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M84 Markian's Chain

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My capture of Markian's Chain, a striking string of galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. Messier Objects - galaxies M84 and M86 are two of the most prominent members of this galaxy grouping.

I have two images posted - the first one is annotated with the object identification of the galaxies in the Chain. The second image is the straight up image.

More information on Markian's Chain can be found on the Messier Objects website here: https://www.messier-objects.com/markarians-chain/

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M84 Markian's Chain, George  Yendrey