#NGC 4458

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Markarian's Chain in the Virgo Cluster // Jiang Wu

Note the red bridge of ionized hydrogen between the Eyes Galaxies (top of bridge, Arp 120) and M86 (bottom of bridge, NGC 4406)!

Click below the cut for an image identifying all of the galaxies in this image!

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Markarian's Chain

Markarian's Chain of galaxies in Virgo. #astronomy #galaxy #asteroid #virgo

Image exposure:171 MinutesImage Size:1.94º x 1.32ºImage date:2023-04-27 Markarian’s Chain is an astonishing diagonal line of galaxies, beginning with NGC 4473 (top), then NGC 4458 and NGC 4461, then NGC 4435 and NGC 4438, then M85 and M84. The galaxies belong to the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, a huge conglomeration of over 1,300 galaxies of different types. Twenty-two of them are clearly visible…

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Elliptical Galaxy Surrounded by Globular Cluster

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There are ten galaxies in this photograph of Markarian’s Chain. Brighter objects were discovered by Charles Messier in 1781.

This full elongated chain of distant galaxies was first documented by the Armenian astrophysicist, Benjamin Markarian in 1960. Member galaxies include: M84 (NGC 4374), M86 (NGC 4406), NGC 4477, NGC 4473, NGC 4461, NGC 4458, NGC 4438 and NGC 4435.

I photographed this using Remote Telescope T12 at Siding Spring, Australia, March 2018.

(at Siding Spring Observatory)

http://support.itelescope.net/support/solutions/articles/231913-telescope-12

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markarian%27s_Chain

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The Eyes Galaxies (center) // Hanzen

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Markarian’s Chain in the Virgo Cluster // Jakob Sahner

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Markarian's Chain 😐 // Bryan Wilmoth

Some of the galaxies in this image include: M84, M86, NGC 4388, The Eyes (NGC 4438), NGC 4461, and NGC 4458.