M61, Spiral Galaxy in Virgo

Composite Image from Multiple Data Sources

Hubble Space Telescope, ESO, FORS camera and Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument

on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, Amateur Data

Image Assembly and Processing : Robert Gendler

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Copyright 2025 Robert Gendler

Hubble Legacy Archive, European Southern Observatories

 

Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and obtained from the Hubble Legacy Archive, which is a collaboration between the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI/NASA), the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF/ESA) and the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC/NRC/CSA).

 

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