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Markarian's Chain, kvastronomer

Markarian's Chain

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Markarian's Chain, kvastronomer

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.
Near the center there appear the pair of interacting galaxies NGC4438 and NGC4435, about 50 million light-years away, known to some as Markarian's Eyes.

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Markarian's Chain, kvastronomer