I captured Messier 87 with the BGO robot. Another galaxy in Virgo. Another M target viewed only once before (again on 4 May '13).
Luminance only, 60 seconds subexposures, 10 stacked shots. FITS Liberator, Paint.NET. North is up; east is left.
The coolest thing? You can see the jet emanating from the core! The relativistic jet from the intense core of Messier 87 is angled to the west-north-west. Wow.
M87 is a rather large elliptical galaxy again oriented south-east to north-west. Smooth and uniform. M87 is also known as NGC 4486 and Arp 152.
To the north-west, there is a very compact, small, round galaxy, almost star-like. It is NGC 4486B.
I didn't see it at first but there's a tiny sliver below the pair of stars with J123022.1+122822. This distant galaxy is LEDA 139910.
Bright NGC 4478 is to the west-south-west. It has a bright core with a diffuse cloud surrounding it. Is it an elliptical as well? There's also a bright point just above, to the north, very close. Another galaxy? Or a star?
To the south-west, very near the core of grand island universe are two nearly equal faint oval fuzzies. SkyTools shows the same designation for both: UGC 7652.
To the south-south-west is an oval fuzzy with intense bright core: NGC 4486A.
IC 3443 lies to the south-east, a soft, faint medium bright object, with a brightening in the middle.
The coolest thing? You can see the jet emanating from the core! The relativistic jet from the intense core of Messier 87 is angled to the west-north-west. Wow.
M87 is a rather large elliptical galaxy again oriented south-east to north-west. Smooth and uniform. M87 is also known as NGC 4486 and Arp 152.
To the north-west, there is a very compact, small, round galaxy, almost star-like. It is NGC 4486B.
I didn't see it at first but there's a tiny sliver below the pair of stars with J123022.1+122822. This distant galaxy is LEDA 139910.
Bright NGC 4478 is to the west-south-west. It has a bright core with a diffuse cloud surrounding it. Is it an elliptical as well? There's also a bright point just above, to the north, very close. Another galaxy? Or a star?
To the south-west, very near the core of grand island universe are two nearly equal faint oval fuzzies. SkyTools shows the same designation for both: UGC 7652.
To the south-south-west is an oval fuzzy with intense bright core: NGC 4486A.
IC 3443 lies to the south-east, a soft, faint medium bright object, with a brightening in the middle.
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Wikipedia link: Messier 87.
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