M58, M59, M60, NGC 4596 - 29.3.2019 at 22.35 - 29.3.2019 at 23.00 Järvenpää Observation number 82267

Visibility III / V

Toni Veikkolainen, Keski-Uudenmaan Altair

I already had a very successful picture of the handsome middle part of the Virgo cluster and the Markarian chain, and now, at the end of the evening, I decided to focus on photographing the eastern parts of the set. Nothing very tonic came to light.

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Additional information

Observation target
- Deep space object
Designation
- M58, M59, M60, NGC 4596
- Keskitaso
Constellation
- Virgo
Weather
- Selkeää ja tällä kertaa sopivan lämmintäkin, eikä Kuuta vaivana

Darkness
- Average
Seeing
- Good
Limiting magnitude
- 5
Galaxies
- Galaxy cluster
  
  In a galaxy cluster there are tens or hundreds of galaxies. Typically a moderate big instrument is needed to see galaxy clusters.
  
  The galaxy cluster Hickson 44 in Leo in composed of four galaxies. Image Timo Inkinen.
- Elliptic galaxy
  
  Elliptic galaxy is an oval or roundish shaped distant stellar system, which have no spiral arms. These galaxies look as fuzzy spots with telescopes.
  
  The elliptic galaxy Centaurus A aka NGC 5128 in the middle of image is splitted by a dust lane. Image Toni Veikkolainen.
- Spiral galaxy
  
  Spiral galaxy is a stellar system where there are outwards arched spiral arms from roundish (spiral galaxies) or bar-shaped (barred spiral galaxies) central condensation.
  
  The apparent shape of spiral galaxied depends on out observation direction. From above they are quite round. From the side they lens-shaped with a bulge in the middle.
  
  Generally a rather large instrument, good weather conditions and observational expereince are needed to see spiral arms. Usually spiral galaxies look like a fuzzy spots.
  
  Spiral galaxy M33 in Triangulum. Image Tero Turunen.
  
  Andromeda Galaxy M31. There are also galaxies M110 (upper right corner) and M32 (lower left corner) in this image. Image Pekka Peura.
  
  M101 aka Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major. Image Samuli Vuorinen.
  
  Spiral galaxy IC 342 aka Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis. Image Timo Inkinen.
  
  A sketch of spiral galaxy NGC 7331 in Pegasus. Image Juha Ojanperä.

Technical information

Canon EOS 600d mod + Nikkor 300mm f / 2.8, total exposure 20 min, as tracking device Astrotrac TT-320X

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M58, M59, M60, NGC 4596 - 29.3.2019 at 22.35 - 29.3.2019 at 23.00 Järvenpää Observation number 82267