The Messier Ten Minute Challenge

M89 - Galaxy in Virgo

This image was created by median combining 7 x 90 second unfiltered images taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 250 with SBIG ST-8XE CCD. The image has been cut down to be 20 x 20 arc minutes in size.

M89 (NGC 4552) is an elliptical galaxy and is one of nine discoveries Charles Messier made on March 18 1781.


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In collaboration with the Remote Astronomical Society Observatory

Martin Nicholson - Daventry, United Kingdom.

This page was last updated on April 8th 2008.