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M84 (Galaxy, in Virgo)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 70-mm binoculars Location: Promised Land State Park, Pa, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Apr 22 06:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1643
These are the galaxies at the heart of the Virgo Cluster. They span about 1 1/2 anchored on the western end by M84 and M86, both around 9th magnitude. Also visible were about a half dozen others but because of their faintness, I am not positive of their identity.
M84 (Galaxy, in Virgo, Est. RaDec -)
Observer: Eero Holmstrm (e-mail: holmerkki@altavista.net, web: http://angelfire.com/music/holmerkki/index.html )
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Pernajan kirkonkyl, Pernaja, Finland
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Apr 9 00:45:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 528
M84 and M86 were very bright. NGC 4438 and NGC 4435 were visible nearly blended into each other immediately next to them, NGC4438 being the larger of the two. NGC4388 was also visible.
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