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Old 16-05-2018, 12:29 AM
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Messier 88

From Wiki "Messier 88 (also known as M88 or NGC 4501) is a spiral galaxy about 50 to 60 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781.

The supermassive black hole at the core of this galaxy has 107.9 solar masses, or about 80 million times the mass of the Sun."

Worth putting up with all the annoying sat trails to get it I think.
GSO 10" F4 Newtonian, Canon 1100D full spectrum, Baader MPCC MKIII, Baader UV/IR cut filter, 553 x 45 seconds or about 6.9 hours unguided, Heq5 Pro.

Larger field at Astrobin with satellite galaxies.
----> https://astrob.in/346978/B/
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