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Photographer:
Location:
Exposure type:		 Roth Ritter
Lamy, NM on 2010, Apr 10
LRGB (560:180:180:180)		 Telescope:
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Mounting:		 RCOS 10RCA @ f/7 (1825mm)
SBIG STL-11000M, AO-L, Filter set C L R G B
Paramount ME
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The Virgo Cluster is a cluster of galaxies at a distance of approximately 59 ± 4 Mly (18.0 ± 1.2 Mpc) away in the constellation Virgo. Comprising approximately 1300 (and possibly up to 2000) member galaxies, the cluster forms the heart of the larger Local Supercluster, of which the Local Group is an outlying member. It is estimated that its mass is 1.2 × 1015 M☉ out to 8 degrees of the cluster's center or a radius of about 2.2 Mpc. [Wiki]


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