Re: TSS Bi-Monthly DSO Challenge for May/June 2023 - Hunting the Messier galaxies in the Virgo Galaxy Cluster
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 7:11 pm
Very nice images Graeme, and truly appreciate you posting them. M100 is gorgeous with lots of spiral detail clearly evident. Plus the bonus galaxies of NGC 4312, NGC 4328, MCG 3-32-13 (sometimes erroneously listed as IC 783A) and MCG 3-32-11.
The M85 image is also a nice one, and as you point out clearly shows the form of an elliptical in the same view as the delicate spiral structure ofNGC 4394. Then you also have the dim little presence of IC 3292 in there as well. The one thing I am trying to figure out, is what is that stellar presence just left of the core of M85, well within the galactic disk? What exact date/time did you image M85, as I would like to try and track down what that object is, since my Sky Tools 4 does not show a foreground star at that position relative to the galactic core.
Well done!
The M85 image is also a nice one, and as you point out clearly shows the form of an elliptical in the same view as the delicate spiral structure of
Well done!