M88 + M91

Posted by dcrowson
on Monday, April 24, 2017

M91 (NGC 4548, UGC 7753 and others) is the barred spiral near the center of this image.

M88 (NGC 4501, UGC 7675 and others) is the Seyfert 2 spiral on the right side of the image.

NGC 4571 (UGC 7788 and others) is the round spiral below the star (BD+15 / HIP 61573) on the left side of the image.

All of these galaxies are members of the Virgo Cluster but are located in Coma Berenices.

Luminance – 20x600s – 200 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

320 minutes total exposure – 5 hours 20 minutes

Imaged from Dardenne Prairie, Missouri (a red zone) on March 3rd and 4th, 2017 with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/34117703541/sizes/l

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