Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 40 x 20s unfiltered images. Image taken 03/05/2006 20:20 UT.
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| Description: M84 is part of a galaxy grouping known as
Markanian's Chain, along with M86,
NGC4438,
NGC4461,
NGC4473,
NGC4477, and others. M84 is an elliptical
galaxy, which means it is an essentially uniform spheroidical blob of
stars showing little structure.
Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 40 x 20s unfiltered images. Image taken 03/05/2006 20:20 UT. |
Physical information: Magnitude: 10.2, size: 6.7'x6.0', p.a. 135deg, classification: E, aka NGC4374.