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M85 - Lenticular or Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices
M85 is a lenticular galaxy in the process of transitioning to an elliptical galaxy.  It lies on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster and is 60 million light-years away, is estimated to be 125,000 light-years across, and is interacting with the smaller nearby galaxy NGC 4394.

M85 - Lenticular or Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices

M85 is a lenticular galaxy in the process of transitioning to an elliptical galaxy. It lies on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster and is 60 million light-years away, is estimated to be 125,000 light-years across, and is interacting with the smaller nearby galaxy NGC 4394.




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Filename:M85-20210416-LRGB2.jpg
Album name:27telp / Galaxies
Location and Date:OCA site near Anza, California, 4/16/2021
Equipment:William Optics FLT-132 refractor, Astro-Physics 1200GTO mount, ZWO ASI1600mm CMOS camera, Mini-Borg 50 guide scope, Starlight Express Ultrastar guide camera
Settings:12 exposures @180 seconds each in Luminance; 12 exposures @300 seconds each in Red, Green, and Blue, all bin 1x1
Notes:Software: Capture, Sequence Generator Pro; guiding, PHD2; Calibration and stacking, PixInsight 1.8.9; Final processing - PixInsight 1.8.9 and Photoshop CC
Filesize:870 KiB
Date added:Aug 01, 2022
Dimensions:2048 x 1482 pixels
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Image Description:M85 - Lenticular or elliptical galaxy in Coma Berenices.
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