Galaxy
Messier 87
Virgo A
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| Object : | M87 (NGC 4486) |
| Coordinates/Direction : | RA: 12h30m, DEC: +12o23' |
| Object size : | 7.2' to 6.8' |
| Apparent magnitude : | 8.6 |
| Distance : | 53.5 Mly |
| No solar mass : | - |
| Type : | E+0-1 |
| Discovered by : | Charles Messier, year 1781 |
| Find in constellation : | |
| More to know : |
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Messier 87 |
| Exp. time : | 30x60 seconds, iso1600, dithering mode |
| Image process tool : | AstroImageJ, Fitswork, Irfanview |
| Processing : | resize, level, cal dark&bias, synthetic flat calibrated |
| Weather : | clear |
| Comment : |
The galaxy M87 is small even in the big refractor with 910 mm focal length.
This is a 800x800 1:1 pixel crop around the galaxy and some details show up.
It's small even here, in reality it's a giant elliptical galaxy.
In its surroundings there are a lot of other galaxies, plate solved version:
M87 by Astrometry.net. |
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