Spiral Galaxy Messier 88 in Coma Berenices

            Messier 88 (also known as M88 or NGC 4501) is a spiral galaxy about 50 to 60 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices.  M88 is one of the fifteen Messier objects that belong to the nearby Virgo Cluster of galaxies. It is galaxy number 1401 in the Virgo Cluster Catalogue (VCC) of 2096 galaxies that are candidate members of the cluster (Wikipedia).

Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation: Coma Berenices
Right ascension: 12h 31m 59.2s
Declination: +14° 25′ 14″
Apparent magnitude (V): 9.6

Tech Specs: Orion 8" f/8 Ritchey-Chretien Astrograph Telescope, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ASI071MC-Pro, ZWO AAPlus, ZWO EAF, 80 x 60 seconds at -10C, processed using DeepSkyStacker and PixInsight. Image Date: March 20, 2023. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W95), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
   

Taken in: United States / Pennsylvania / Packer Township (show map)

Taken on: March 23, 2023

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