Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 30 x 15s unfiltered images. Image taken 03/05/2006 21:00 UT.
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| Description: M86 is part of a galaxy grouping known as
Markanian's Chain, along with M84,
NGC4438,
NGC4461,
NGC4473,
NGC4477, and others. M86 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 30 x 15s unfiltered images. Image taken 03/05/2006 21:00 UT. |
Physical information: Magnitude: 9.9, size: 9.8'x6.3', p.a. 130deg, classification: E, aka NGC4406.