M88

This is an image of M88. It is a spiral galaxy about 50 million light years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. Its galactic core contains a super massive black hole about 100 million times the mass of our sun.

Dataset from which the image was processed

M88

2 credit

Open

Telescope Live

SPA-2-CCD

Type of target
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Galaxy
Camera
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FLI PL16803
Target coordinates
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RA 187.9967 Dec 14.4204
Hemisphere
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Northern
Telescope location
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Spain
Transient event
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No
Observed on
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20 Mar 2021 - 07 Jul 2021

Filter	Avg Exp (s)	Total Exposure	Subframes
Luminance	360	1h	10
Red	270	45m	10
Green	240	40m	10
Blue	333	50m	9