Archivo: ESO-M87

Description: This deep image of the Virgo Cluster obtained by Chris Mihos and his colleagues using the Burrell Schmidt telescope shows the diffuse light between the galaxies belonging to the cluster. North is up, east to the left. The dark spots indicate where bright foreground stars were removed from the image. Messier 87 is the largest galaxy in the picture (lower left).
Title: ESO-M87
Credit: http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0919a/ Compare also to WikiSky DSS2 image at: http://www.wikisky.org/?ra=12.430147459292154&de=12.871871317009594&zoom=7&show_grid=1&show_constellation_lines=1&show_constellation_boundaries=1&show_const_names=0&show_galaxies=1&show_box=1&box_ra=12.513722&box_de=12.391111&box_width=50&box_height=50&img_source=DSS2 Deep Virgo: Markarian's Chain: http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1779
Author: Chris Mihos (Case Western Reserve University)/ESO
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
License: CC BY 3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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