Galaxy group around M87

[tornado33]

Hi all
Not letting a near full moon stop me, with the cold dry westerlies giving a fairly transparent sky (for Newcastle) I got in an imaging run in the small window between astronomical twilight and moonrise. In fact the moon was just rising as I finished. Its the group of galaxies round M87 on the Vigo Coma Berenices boarder. Taken with the 6 inch F3.6 SN. Baader MPCC coma corrector. Hutech modded 350D. No filters used, so full spectrum and near IR allowed into camera
Air temperature 11 degrees, and very windy.
Scott

[scarper (Mart)]

Awesome

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Nice one SCOTT i tried last night but the moon beat me
and the wind ,got some pre moon shots tonight ,heaps of galaxies in there ALAN

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I counted 33 galaxies, though I may have missed a few.
What a fantastic region of the sky.
Thanks Scott.

[tornado33]

Thanks
I normally dont image objects that far north as I cannot from my fixed mount in the backyard, but by setting up in front of the garage I can access a view further north.
As soon as I started packing up clouds appeared from nowhere, by time I was fully packed up it was 100% overcast. Gee I was fortunate earlier.
Scott

[astroron (Ron)]

Nice capture Scott
That group of galaxies is called Markerians Chain
It was the subject of the APOD on the 9th June.
Cheers