Took me most of the session to find the Virgo Cluster. My widest lens was a 25mm,still not large enough to see all of the galaxies in this bit of sky. Slight changes in DEC and RA would show more galaxies. They are nothing more than light smudges against the black background that is space. Its quite incredible to see millions of stars,planets,galaxies that are 60 million+ light years away. Light traveled that distance just to be focused in by your telescope and put into your eye.

Other Galaxies seen: M90 M58 M91 M88 M98 M99 Maybe a few others.

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M86

  • Observed with: Skyview Pro 120mm EQ
  • Seeing: average
  • Light pollution: average