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VIRGO A
Imaged by Jean-Yves Beninger from Singapore
on 26 June 2006
LX200GPS 12" at f10,
field derotator, AO7, ST8
Stack of 5 images, 3 minutes
each
L Bin 1x1 : 15mn
M87 is a giant elliptical galaxy.
Streaming out from the center of M87 is one of nature's most amazing phenomena : a black hole powered 5000 light years long jet of sub-atomic particles traveling at nearly the speed of light.
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Detail of M87 and jet, actual imaged size and heavy contrast:
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