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South West part of Markarian's Chain. Virgo Galaxy Cluster.
'The Eyes' are the two galaxies at the top left of the frame (mag 10 & mag
10.8). M86 (mag 8.9) is the elliptical galaxy at the centre. M84 (mag 9.2) is
the elliptical galaxy on the right hand edge. The edge on spiral galaxy at
the top - centre is NGC 4402 (mag 11.8). The spiral at the bottom - centre is
NGC 4388 (mag 11.0). The spiral to the lower left is NGC 4425 (mag 11.9).
The elliptical galaxy at the centre of M86, M84 and NGC 4388 is NGC
4387 (mag 12.0). The elliptical galaxy at the bottom right corner is IC 3303
(mag 13.7)
| Date | Luminance: 29th March 2009 |
| Telescope | 250mm F4.8 Newtonian Reflector with MPCC coma corrector |
| Filter | Lumicon Deep Sky |
| Exposure (seconds) |
14 x 300s Luminance |
| Software | CCDstack & IRIS |
