M84 & M86 GALAXIES on 2024-04-11,12
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The Galaxies M84 and M86 are located about 54 million
light years from our Earth in the heart of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster. M86 and M84
are the two brightest galaxies in the photo. They are both elliptical galaxies.
The strange, almost twisted shaped galaxy, toward the upper left is NGC4438.
Slightly above it, and to the right, is NGC4435. There are numerous other
galaxies that can be seen in the photo. The Virgo Galaxy Cluster contains approximately
2,500 member galaxies.
This photo was taken in Kyle, Texas through a 6-inch f/4 Telescope, on a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R mount, with a ZWO ASI533MC PRO color camera. The processing was done in PixInsight. The total image acquisition time is: 04 hrs 54 min 00 sec.
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