Field of galaxies in Virgo
Galaxies in Virgo, including the colliding pair of spirals NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 (at centre left, sometimes termed the Siamese Twins). Click on image to toggle a key naming the Messier and NGC galaxies in this field. Click here for a larger version.
Below: A selection of some of the galaxies recorded in the wide-field image.
 NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 |
 Messier 58 |
 Messier 59 |
 NGC 4647 and Messier 60 |
 Galaxies in the vicinity of M 59 |
 NGC 4606 and NGC 4607 |
11-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at 560mm focal length; dedicated astro camera.
