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| 10.1'' reflector Mallincam DS432cTEC with Nebular filter Exposure = 10 sec, Gain = 40/250, Live Stacked frames = 50 M89 is a tight, highly spherical bright elliptical galaxy, listed at 50 million light-years away. About 5 minutes of arc across, located about 40 arc minutes SSW of M90. Accompanying M89 in this image at top is IC 3540, a lenticular galaxy at 14th magnitude. Also is IC 3574, a 15th magnitude elliptical galaxy. North at 1 o'clock, East at 10 o'clock. |