Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  HD107888  ·  HD108577  ·  HD108915  ·  IC 3258  ·  IC 3280  ·  IC 3303  ·  IC 3344  ·  IC 3349  ·  IC 3355  ·  IC 3363  ·  IC 3382  ·  IC 3388  ·  IC 3393  ·  IC 3443  ·  IC 3457  ·  M 84  ·  M 86  ·  M 87  ·  NGC 4374  ·  NGC 4387  ·  NGC 4388  ·  NGC 4402  ·  NGC 4406  ·  NGC 4407  ·  NGC 4413  ·  NGC 4425  ·  NGC 4435  ·  NGC 4438  ·  NGC 4458  ·  NGC 4461  ·  And 9 more.
Markarian's Galaxy Chain, Ed Albin
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Markarian's Galaxy Chain

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Markarian's Galaxy Chain

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Within the northern portion of the Virgo galaxy cluster is a remarkable strings of galaxies moving together through space. Named after the American astronomer Benjamin Markarian, light from this chain of at least a dozen galaxies reaches us across 60 million light years of intergalactic space.

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Markarian's Galaxy Chain, Ed Albin

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