Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 3583  ·  M 90  ·  NGC 4569
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Messier 90, Alicia Rossiter
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Messier 90

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Messier 90

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M90 is a  beautiful spiral galaxy situated in the Virgo cluster. It is  about 60 million light-years away and is believed to be breaking away from the rest of the galaxies in the Virgo cluster, and is one of the few galaxies traveling toward our Milky Way galaxy, not away. It has a weak inner ring structure. I shot M90 under windy conditions that resulted in having to trash many subs. However, this photo is significant for me because it was my first test after spending many days trying to collimate my telescope.

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Messier 90, Alicia Rossiter