#M59

Oskar Contreras

@tg8arc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

1 day ago

NGC 4641 / IC 3672 / IC 3684 / M59 / NGC 4647 / M60 / NGC 4637 / IC 3694 / IC 3694 / NGC 4660 / IC 3711 Galaxies - telescope processed image. Unlike many neighbors, M59 contains a counter-rotating core, where the inner stars move in the opposite direction of the main disk.

NGC 4641 / IC 3672 / IC 3684 / M59 / NGC 4647 / M60 / NGC 4637 / IC 3694 / IC 3694 / NGC 4660 / IC 3711 Galaxies - unprocessed image. M60 is one of the largest elliptical galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, boasting a massive central black hole of 4.5 \times 10^9 solar masses.

I love to get images with multiple galaxies. Starting from top to bottom here are #NGC4641 / #IC3672 / #IC3684 / #M59 / #NGC4647 / #M60 / #NGC4637 / #IC3694 / #IC3694 / #NGC4660 / #IC3711 #Galaxies. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur

Oskar Contreras

@tg8arc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

1 month ago

M60 Galaxy area - processed image as seen by the Dwarf mini. M60 is a massive elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster. It is famous for hosting one of the largest known black holes, with a mass approximately 4.5 billion times that of our Sun.

M60 Galaxy area - processed image as seen by the s50. NGC 4647 This spiral galaxy is currently interacting with M60. While they appear to overlap, tidal forces are only just beginning to distort their structures as they commence a multi-million-year merger.

M60 Galaxy area - unprocessed image as seen by the s50. The Virgo constellation is a "cosmic downtown" home to over 2,000 galaxies.

M60 Galaxy area - unprocessed image as seen by the Dwarf Mini. The Virgo Cluster is so massive (1.2 quadrillion solar masses) that its gravity pulls our own Milky Way toward it. This phenomenon is known to astronomers as the "Virgocentric flow."

The s50 default image orientation is portrait, while the Dwarf Mini is landscape. The s50 is a 2 inch lense while the Dwarf Mini’s is a 1”. The Dwarf Mini has a wider field of view than the s50.

There are 17 galaxies in this area. Here is what each telescope […]

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Thomas Hanrath

@astrocamp.bsky.social

1 year ago

Messier 59

Messier 59
Messier 59 (M59) is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Virgo, and it reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight around April 1st. …
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