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Messier Trio

M98 M99 and M100

 

Located in the Virgo cluster, M98 M99 and M100 are three galaxies identified in Charles Messier's catalog of of deep-sky objects. This cluster is part of the larger Virgo Supercluster to which the Milky Way galaxy is part of.

Distances to these three objects range from 41-52 million light-years. The above image is roughly 2.7 degrees wide - about 5.5 full moons. At least 10 other NGC and IC galaxies are also visible.

 

Markarian's Chain is also part of the Virgo cluster.

 

D5500

Nikon 300mm f/4.5 ED MF @f5.6

90x30s, 3200iso

iOptron SkyTracker Pro

Regim sig18 stack (darks and flats)

Processed in Affinity Photo

 

RG_M98-100_Sig18_AP2_c50r90q

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Uploaded on April 25, 2018
Taken on April 20, 2018