Sky this Week

Located 20 arc-minutes east of M86 in the constellation Virgo is a pair of galaxies known as “the eyes”. According to the Chandra website, it is thought that these galaxies had a glancing collision about 100 million years ago. Both galaxies appear elognated in the NNE to SSW direction.

Image taken with Celestron Nexstar 11, Meade F3.3 focal reducer. and Astrovid Stellacam II video camera. Integration set at 256 (8.5 second exposure), gain 9/14, and medium gamma. Images flat field, dark subtracted, and bias adjusted, 20 minute stack. Sky was clear, transparency was very good, turbulence fair 5/10, no wind, and temperature was 57 °F.