Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 3280  ·  IC 3303  ·  IC 3311  ·  IC 3344  ·  IC 3349  ·  IC 3355  ·  IC 3358  ·  IC 3363  ·  IC 3381  ·  IC 3382  ·  IC 3388  ·  IC 3393  ·  IC 3413  ·  IC 3432  ·  IC 3443  ·  IC 3457  ·  IC 3459  ·  IC 3461  ·  IC 3475  ·  IC 3489  ·  IC 3492  ·  IC 794  ·  M 84  ·  M 86  ·  M 87  ·  NGC 4374  ·  NGC 4387  ·  NGC 4388  ·  NGC 4402  ·  NGC 4406  ·  And 24 more.
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Markarian's Chain, Andy  Brown
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Markarian's Chain

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Markarian's Chain

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A Plethora of Galaxies

I was pleased with the detail I managed to achieve in this widefield view of Markarian's Chain in the Virgo Galaxy cluster.  Looking more closely, some of the smaller galaxies are well defined, despite their distance of 60m light years or so.

M87 (NGC 4486) at the left of the frame, is just showing the jet emanating from the supermassive black hole at it's centre, evidenced by the EHT photograph: APOD 1 May 2022

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