Markarian's Chain
Taken by Michael Karrer on April 2, 2022 @
Austria
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Date Taken: 2022:04:03 21:04:20
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At about the center of the Virgo Cluster lies the "Markarian's Chain", a series of galaxies in a smooth curve. Up to 2,000 galaxies are estimated to exist in this region.
If the catalog data are correct, the faint galaxy PGC 40577 (marked in red) is 6 billion light-years away! So it was shining at a time when our solar system did not exist yet.
Photographer's website:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_karrer
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