Galaxy M61 in Virgo - a photo on Flickriver

            Here is one of my forgotten images from this past spring, this is Messier 61 (also known as M61 or NGC 4303) an intermediate barred spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. It has a magnitude of 10.2 and is roughly 52 million light years away from Earth.

Tech Specs: Meade 12" LX90, Canon 6D, 57 x 60 seconds at ISO 3200 (includes darks, bias and flats), guided. Image Date: April 1, 2019. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.

Taken in: United States / Pennsylvania / Packer Township (show map)

Taken on: October 15, 2019

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