Virgo Cluster 26 April 2011 - a photo on Flickriver

Virgo Cluster 26 April 2011

            Part of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies in the constellation Virgo. This is part of the area they call the Realm of Galaxies, between Virgo and Leo, and there are estimated to be up to 2000 galaxies visible in that area of the sky (not to the naked eye though!). The two largest in this image, M84 and M86 - the round blobs to the right - are between 55 and 60 million light years away. Took me ages to get this little lot in the frame!

Still experiencing problems with my mount, so restricted to 26 minutes here having had to ditch a few. I'll give this another go when the mount decides to behave itself.

26 April 2011
200p, EQ5 unguided
Nikon D70 full spectrum prime focus
26 x 60sec
iso 1600
darks, bias and flats.
Stacked in DSS processed in CS5
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Reading / Tilehurst (show map)

Taken on: April 26, 2011

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Camera:	Nikon D70
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
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