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Markarian’s Chain Tuesday, Jun 9 2009 

images and space Michael Anissimov 2:57 pm

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1. Dom says:

   June 9, 2009 at 5:58 pm

   Across the heart of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies lies a striking string of galaxies known as Markarian’s Chain. The chain, pictured above, is highlighted on the upper right with two large but featureless lenticular galaxies, M84 and M86. Prominent to their lower left is a pair of interacting galaxies known as The Eyes. The home Virgo Cluster is the nearest cluster of galaxies, contains over 2000 galaxies, and has a noticeable gravitational pull on the galaxies of the Local Group of Galaxies surrounding our Milky Way Galaxy. The center of the Virgo Cluster is located about 70 million light years away toward the constellation of Virgo. At least seven galaxies in the chain appear to move coherently, although others appear to be superposed by chance.

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2. Matt Brown says:

   June 9, 2009 at 6:04 pm

   Beautiful.

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3. Walking Pile o' Stardust AKA Dirt says:

   June 9, 2009 at 6:16 pm

   Small is beautiful.

   Anybody get the feeling that there’s just too much stuff… anywhere you look, there’s stuff and more stuff, endless stuff, including my hard drive.

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