Markarian's Chain (M 84, M 86)
Dozens of galaxies in one frame – the heart of the Virgo Cluster.
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Markarian's Chain is an arc of galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, around 55 million light years away. Every oval smudge in the image is a separate galaxy of hundreds of billions of stars.
How the image was made
- Processing
- Adobe Lightroom 9.5.1 (Windows)
Data from the original file’s metadata or from the author.