M 87 (NGC 4486, Arp 152) Galaxy in Virgo
Located at: RA 12 hours 30 minutes 50 seconds, Dec +12 degrees 23 minutes 24 seconds
Size: 7.4' x 6.0'; Magnitude: 9.6 blue; Class: E+0-1 pec
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, 350 minutes (35 x 10 minute subs), 05/02/03/10/2008; seeing 2.3-4.9 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: | M 87 is one of the largest galaxies known, and is the nearest example of a galaxy with a super massive black hole at its center. See one 10 minute sub image log stretched and cropped to show the jet of material being ejected by the black hole |
