Markarian's Chain of Galaxies

Markarian's Chain of Galaxies
Markarian's Chain is a grouping of several galaxies that are part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster. Found in the constellation Virgo, right on the border of the constellation Coma Berenices, the Chain resides at about 60 million light years distant. Image credit: Robert Horton of Brown University captured the dataset and Scott MacNeill processed the image.
Author:
Scott MacNeill
Entry Date:
Jan 19, 2018
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