{"id":2162,"date":"2016-05-01T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2018-01-13T12:52:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T12:52:01","slug":"april-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/deepsky\/april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

The poor weather conditions during April defeated most of the section’s regular contributors;\u00a0 there are just 5 images to showcase in this report, all from Ian Papworth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ian’s first image is of the “sombrero” galaxy M104 in the constellation of Virgo.\u00a0 It is noted for a large, bright central core and a lane of dust, which, silhouetted against the bulge of stars, gives rise to its popular name.\u00a0 Next is M3, a globular cluster in Canes Venatici;\u00a0 one of the largest and brightest, it has an apparent magnitude of 6.2 and an angular size of about 12 arc minutes in diameter.<\/p>\n

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M104<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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M3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next images are of spiral galaxies M66 and M88 (2 images), then\u00a0 M66 which is in the constellation of Leo, and M88 in Coma Berenices.<\/p>\n

M66 is part of the well known Leo trio, along with M65 and NGC 3628:\u00a0 M66 has interacted with the latter galaxy in the past, giving rise to unusual spiral arm and dust lane structures and its designation as Arp 16 in the catalogue of peculiar galaxies.\u00a0 M88 is classified as a type 2 Seyfert, having highly ionized gas in its nucleus, which contains a supermassive black hole.<\/p>\n

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M66<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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M88<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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M88<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dave Finnigan<\/em><\/p>\n

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