Jim Burnell's CCD Images - The Virgo Cluster Clicking on the image will display a high-resolution view.

Object: The Virgo Cluster	Galaxy Cluster	Const.: Virgo
Camera: STL-11000M	Scope: Tele Vue NP-101	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block	Exposure: 19x8m	blank
This image of the heart of the Virgo cluster of galaxies was acquired using an SBIG STL11000 CCD camera on a Tele Vue NP-101 four inch, f5.4 refractor. It is a stack of 19 eight minute exposures (2.5 hrs), calibrated and stacked and gamma scaled using AIP4Win V2. Click on the image to see a larger version.

This map shows the brighter objects in the image above. Careful inspection of the image will reveal many more. This map was created using MegaStar V5.

 

Object: The Virgo Cluster	Galaxy Cluster	Const.: Virgo
Camera: HX-916	Scope: AP130	Mount: AP1200GTO
Filter(s): IR block	Exposure: 5x60s	blank
M84, M86, NGC4387, NGC4388, NGC4402 and others in the heart of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. A stack of 5 one minute exposures using a 5" f/6 refractor. Image processing performed using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1300x1030.