Markarian’s Chain

Markarian’s Chain is a graceful, curving group of galaxies in the constellation Virgo, with its member galaxies lying roughly 54.5 to 66.6 million light-years away, and it reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed late March.

Messier 86

M 86 is a galaxy in the constellation Virgo lying about 54.5 million light-years away, and it reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed late March.