The photographed black hole that received world-wide attention last week resides in the constellation Virgo. While the celestial object and the galaxy it resides in can't be viewed with the naked eye, you can have some satisfaction tonight when you look up at the full moon.
The full moon (the Daffodil Moo), is in Virgo. While the moon is slightly east of the black hole's location, the moon identifies a key area of the sky where there are hundreds of thousands of galaxies.
The black hole was photographed in a galaxy called M87. The galaxy is hardly alone. There are thousands of galaxies in its immediate vicinity. Galaxy M87 is an astounding super elliptical galaxy, 200 times bigger than our own Milky Way and that means considerably more stars. The galaxy is also so far away, light coming to the Earth left the galaxy 53 million years ago.
The constellation Virgo is our window to the distant reach of the universe.
Day | Sunrise | Sunset |
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Fri., April 19 | 5:56 | 7:26 |
Sat., April 20 | 5:54 | 7:27 |
Sun., April 21 | 5:53 | 7:29 |
Mon., April 22 | 5:51 | 7:30 |
Tues., April 23 | 5:48 | 7:31 |
Wed., April 24 | 5:47 | 7:32 |
Thurs., April 25 | 5:45 | 7:33 |
Fri., April 26 | 5:44 | 7:34 |
Day | Max (Fº) | Min (Fº) | Inches |
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April 12 | 51 | 39 | 0.00 |
April 13 | 56 | 44 | T |
April 14 | 55 | 46 | 0.16 |
April 15 | 68 | 52 | 0.47 |
April 16 | 58 | 41 | 0.34 |
April 17 | 59 | 40 | 0.00 |
April 18 | 58 | 36 | T |
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