M88 (NGC 4501) in Coma Berenices

M88, dis­covered by Charles Messi­er in 1791, is a 9.6 mag bright mem­ber of the Virgo Cluster of galax­ies with an appar­ent size of 6.8 x 3.7 arc min. With an estim­ated dis­tance of 60 mil­lion light years, the galaxys real dia­met­er is about 130’000 light years.

The object in the upper right corner is the irreg­u­lar galaxy IC 3476 and the bright galaxy in the lower right corner is NGC 4516 with a bright­ness of 13.3 mag.

Details

Tele­scope:
RCOS 14.5″ f/​8
Mount:
ASA DDM85
Cam­era:
Apo­gee U16M
Fil­ters:
Astro­don Gen2
Expos­ure:
LRGB 560:140:140:120 min.
Loc­a­tion:
ROSA Remote Obser­vat­or­ies South­ern Alps
Author:
© Mar­tin Ruster­holz, Astrophotographer

Find­er Chart LBN M88 (NGC 4501) in Coma Berenices

M88 Galaxy Sky Chart Astrophotography Martin Rusterholz

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About Me

Hello, my name is Martin Rusterholz. I’m a Swiss amateur astrophotographer living near Zurich, the biggest town in Switzerland. My interest in astronomy started when I was 16. At that time, I built my first Newtonian telescope and mount. I studied physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) which was the only study including at least some aspects of astronomy and astrophysics. “Looking at the nights sky is an experience touching everybody deeply inside, something common to all human beings independent to the language spoken by the individuals”. Deep-sky astrophotography is my passion.

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