Markarian's Chain's in Virgo | Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

Markarian's Chain's in Virgo | Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster. When viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line. Near the center there appear the pair of interacting galaxies NGC 4438 and NGC 4435, about 50 million light-years away, known to some as Markarian's Eyes.

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- Data obtained using the CFHT MegaCam camera

- Image by Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT) & Giovanni Anselmi (Coelum)

Release Date: June 2022

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