M 84 (NGC 4374) and M 86 (NGC 4406) Galaxies in Virgo
Center of field at approximately: RA 12 hours 25 minutes 36 seconds, Dec +12 degrees 53 minutes 44 seconds
Size: 6.5' x 5.5' and 8.9' x 5.7'; Magnitude: 10.1 and 9.8 blue; Class: E1 and E3
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -25c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 310 minutes (31 x 10 minute subs), 05/03/08/10/2008; seeing 2.3-4.3 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.3.2, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s |
| Notes: |
These two large Elliptical galaxies are near the heart of the Virgo cluster of galaxies. The two on-edge galaxies framing this field at the top and bottom are NGC 4402 (top) and NGC 4388 (bottom). There are numerous other small galaxies in this image |