Virgo Galaxy Cluster / Markarian's Chain, Feb 2021
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Rounding out this seasons galaxy display is a cluster of galaxies in Virgo / Markarian's chain. In this image i have counted over 50 visible glaxies of every shape: spiral, globular, elliptical, distorted (by interactions with other galaxies) .... I even see one that is comet shaped. It definitely adds a couple of order of magnitude of scale to the universe for me. It also provides a kind of "Find Waldo" game to galaxies. Two of the galaxies, NGC4435 and 4438 are known as the "eyes" - there are several contenders to be called such, but can you pick which ones?