Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 58  ·  M 60  ·  M 87  ·  M 88  ·  M 89  ·  M 90  ·  M 91  ·  NGC 4486  ·  NGC 4501  ·  NGC 4548  ·  NGC 4552  ·  NGC 4569  ·  NGC 4579  ·  NGC 4649  ·  The star 28 Com  ·  The star 29 Com  ·  The star 34 Vir  ·  Virgo Galaxy
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Virgo Cluster Widefield, Richard Smith
Virgo Cluster Widefield
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Virgo Cluster Widefield

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Virgo Cluster Widefield, Richard Smith
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Virgo Cluster Widefield

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Crop of a widefield view of part of the Virgo Cluster. Unfortunately the trees in my front yard meant I just missed Markarian's Chain , but at least I got chance to continue to get comfortable with my new (second-hand) modified D5100 before the summer nebula season, and also get increasingly comfortable balancing the Nikkor 180mm lens (which is a bit chunky) on my Star Adventurer Mini. With 45 second exposures I didn't have any tracking-related issues. Also the lens was effectively stopped down to f/4 due to the light pollution filter over the front end.

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Virgo Cluster Widefield, Richard Smith