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Markarian's Chain // Qizhen Zhang

At the top of the "chain" are the two massive elliptical galaxies, M84 (top) and M86 (bottom). Near the middle of the image are the Eyes Galaxies (NGC 4438, right; NGC 4435, left).

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Ellipse’s Core

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Markarian's Chain, part of the Virgo Cluster // Anthony Saab

The two elliptical galaxies to the left are M84 (left) and M86 (right). To the right of M86 are the Eyes Galaxies (Arp 120).

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Markarian's Chain, part of the Virgo Cluster // Kevin Quin

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A field of galaxies in Virgo, the Maiden // Natalie Sigalovsky

From bottom left to top right, the three "main" galaxies are M84, M86, and The Eyes Galaxies (NGC 4438, NGC 4435).

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Markarian's Chain, part of the Virgo Cluster // Dick van Kleef

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Markarian's Chain, part of the Virgo Cluster // Naveen Ravindar

The two largest galaxies on the left were discovered by Charles Messier in 1781: M84 (left) and M86 (right). Next to them are the Eyes Galaxies (Arp 120). The chain continues down towards the bottom right. At the top left is the most massive galaxy in the local universe, M87.

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M84 (NGC 4374, bottom left) and M86 (NGC 4406, upper right) // Chris Meneses