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Time: 23:24UT 2021-05-31 Exp. R: 2x10min G: 2x10min B: 2x10min
Tel SPA-2: Officina Stellare 700 RC 0.7m f/6.0 & FLI PL16803 CCD 0.86"/pix
Odd Trondal Obs.code X02.
Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy with about 1 trillion stars in the constellation Virgo. One of the most massive galaxies in the local universe, it has a large population of globular clusters—about 12,000 compared with the 150–200 orbiting the Milky Way—and a jet of energetic plasma that originates at the core and extends at least 1,500 parsecs (4,900 light-years), traveling at a relativistic speed. It is one of the brightest radio sources in the sky and a popular target for both amateur and professional astronomers. The French astronomer Charles Messier discovered M87 in 1781, and cataloged it as a nebula. M87 is about 16.4 million parsecs (53 million light-years) from Earth
The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
SPA-2 is in Spain and belongs to Telescope Live. It has an RC optical design and has a 0.75% focal reducer installed. It is equipped with a set of Astrodon astrophotography and Sloan photometry filters, and it is, therefore, an excellent choice for astrophotography of deep-sky objects and for scientific applications such as photometry.
Software used: MSB Astroart 2.0,7.0, Paint
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/odd_trondal/
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