Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Sun Mar 31 2019 05:48:36 Astronomy Picture of the Day Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2019 March 31 [2] Markarian's Chain of Galaxies Image Credit & Copyright: Sergio Kaminsky [3] Explanation: Across the heart of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies [4] lies a striking string of galaxies known as Markarian's Chain [5] . The chain, pictured here [6] , is highlighted on the right with two large but featureless lenticular [7] galaxies, M84 [8] and M86 [9] . Prominent to their lower left is a pair of interacting galaxies known as The Eyes [10] . The home Virgo Cluster [11] is the nearest cluster of galaxies [12] , contains over 2000 galaxies, and has a noticeable gravitational pull on the galaxies of the Local Group of Galaxies [13] surrounding our Milky Way Galaxy [14] . The center [15] of the Virgo Cluster [16] is located about 70 million light years [17] away toward the constellation [18] of Virgo [19] . At least seven galaxies in the chain appear to move coherently [20] , although others appear to be superposed by chance. Note: APOD now available in Ukrainian [21] Tomorrow's picture: kicking it lunar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [22] | Archive [23] | Submissions [24] | Index [25] | Search [26] | Calendar [27] | RSS [28] | Education [29] | About APOD [30] | Discuss [31] | > [32] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [33] (MTU [34] ) & Jerry Bonnell [35] (UMCP [36] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [37] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [38] A service of: ASD [39] at NASA [40] / GSFC [41] & Michigan Tech. U. [42] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1903/MarkarianChain_Kaminsky_2710.jpg [3] https://www.myastroscience.com/aboutme [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgo_Cluster [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markarian%27s_Chain [6] https://www.myastroscience.com/markarian [7] ap020408.html [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_84 [9] ap180814.html [10] ap070608.html [11] ap150804.html [12] http://www.astr.ua.edu/white/mug/cluster/clusters.html [13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Group [14] https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/milkyway1.html [15] ap050213.html [16] https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/ESSAYS/Binggeli/binggeli.html [17] http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/cosmic_distance.html [18] http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/constellations.html [19] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgo_(constellation) [20] http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983AN....304...69L [21] http://astronomy.pp.ua/ [22] ap190330.html [23] archivepix.html [24] lib/apsubmit2015.html [25] lib/aptree.html [26] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [27] calendar/allyears.html [28] /apod.rss [29] lib/edlinks.html [30] lib/about_apod.html [31] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=190331 [32] ap190401.html [33] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [34] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [35] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [36] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [37] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [38] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [39] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [40] https://www.nasa.gov/ [41] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [42] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .