Observation by Mike Scarisbrick: Virgo Galaxies

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Mike Scarisbrick

Observer

Mike Scarisbrick

Observed

2019 Mar 28 - 23:30

Uploaded

2019 Mar 31 - 20:01

Objects

M100

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Constellation

Coma Berenices

Field centre

RA: 12^h18^m
Dec: +15°04'
Position angle: -14°06'

Field size

3°02' × 2°10'

Equipment

SkyWatcher Evostar 72ED
0.85 reducer corrector
Sony A6300
CG2 mount

Exposure

159x30 seconds ISO 4000, plus darks and flats.

Location

Cambridgeshire UK

Target name

M98, M99, M100

Title

Virgo Galaxies

About this image

A field of view of 3x2 degrees in the northern part of what is the galaxy fest in Virgo.

M98 is the edge on spiral to the right of the image, M99 (the Virgo cluster pinwheel) is towards the bottom of the picture and M100 (the Blowdryer Galaxy) is the face on spiral in the top left quadrant. Standing out because of their closeness to each other are NGC 4298 and NGC 4302 in the bottom left quadrant. Also visible - NGC 4312 just below M100, NGC 4208 bottom right, and NGC 4237 just above a line between M98 and M100 above the yellow star near the centre of the picture. Fainter smudges can be associated with other galaxies.

Files associated with this observation

M98M99M100_20190328_A6300_159x30s_ISO4000_357mmfl_f5_.jpg (248.4 kB)

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Dr Ollie Garrett, Jeremy Shears, David Basey, David Hancox, Andy Wilson, Ray Emery, Peter Mulligan, Graham Winstanley, Nick Hewitt, Dean Ashton

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