Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 3280  ·  IC 3303  ·  IC 3311  ·  IC 3344  ·  IC 3349  ·  IC 3355  ·  IC 3363  ·  IC 3382  ·  IC 3388  ·  IC 3393  ·  IC 3443  ·  M 84  ·  M 86  ·  M 87  ·  NGC 4374  ·  NGC 4387  ·  NGC 4388  ·  NGC 4402  ·  NGC 4406  ·  NGC 4407  ·  NGC 4413  ·  NGC 4425  ·  NGC 4431  ·  NGC 4435  ·  NGC 4436  ·  NGC 4438  ·  NGC 4440  ·  NGC 4446  ·  NGC 4447  ·  NGC 4458  ·  And 9 more.
Markarian's Chain, Clint Lemasters
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Markarian's Chain

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Markarian's Chain

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"The Eyes" galaxies are centered in this image of Markarian's Chain. The larger galaxies in pictured are roughly 50 million light years away.  "The galaxies NGC 4435 and NGC 4438 in Virgo constellation form a well-known interacting pair known as the Eyes Galaxies. The galaxies’ interaction brought the pair within 16,000 light years of each other in the past and the gravitational forces of the encounter ripped away material, dust and gas from each of the galaxies. The galaxies were nicknamed the Eyes because they look like a pair of eyes in small telescopes."
-https://www.messier-objects.com/markarians-chain/

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