Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 84  ·  M 86  ·  NGC 4374  ·  NGC 4387  ·  NGC 4388  ·  NGC 4402  ·  NGC 4406  ·  NGC 4407  ·  NGC 4425  ·  NGC 4435  ·  NGC 4438  ·  NGC 4458  ·  NGC 4459  ·  NGC 4461  ·  NGC 4473  ·  NGC 4474  ·  NGC 4477
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Markarian's Chain, JohnEEvans
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Markarian's Chain

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Markarian's Chain

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There are 2,000 galaxies within the Virgo Cluster. Benjamin Markarian discovered that a number of these (at least 7), sitting along an imaginary smooth curve, move coherently.

Markarian's Chain is about 50 million light-years away.

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