Feb.24 2010
M84 – A cluster of galaxies
by Mike Hankey, under Galaxies
Here’s a picture of Messier 84, a galaxy in the constellation Virgo. M84 is in the core of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies, a part of the sky comprised of approximately 1300 galaxies… Wow. You can see what look to be at least 5 galaxies in this picture. Doing some quick math on this… over 5 billion stars are represented in this small piece of the sky imaged from a backyard telescope.
March 1st, 2010 on 10:41 am
Your pictures are way better then the first ones you had. Are you tacking?