At the Heart of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster
Around 3:00AM this morning, from my suburban home, under a clear-night sky, I pointed the 155mm refractor towards the heart of the Virgo Cluster. I was pleased that I could visually make out 5 of the 9 galaxies that I can see, using the same telescope, from a dark site. I have observed this section of the sky, from home, many times before. Usually I can only make out the galaxies M84 and M86 from my light-polluted site. But this morning, the Eyes Galaxies (NGC 4488 & NGC 4435) were visible and with a little additional effort, I was able to add the galaxy NGC 4388 to the drawing as well.
At the Heart of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster
Around 3:00AM this morning, from my suburban home, under a clear-night sky, I pointed the 155mm refractor towards the heart of the Virgo Cluster. I was pleased that I could visually make out 5 of the 9 galaxies that I can see, using the same telescope, from a dark site. I have observed this section of the sky, from home, many times before. Usually I can only make out the galaxies M84 and M86 from my light-polluted site. But this morning, the Eyes Galaxies (NGC 4488 & NGC 4435) were visible and with a little additional effort, I was able to add the galaxy NGC 4388 to the drawing as well.