This week’s first star city is the Silver Streak Galaxy, a spiral in the constellation Virgo the Maiden. Observers also know it as the Weaver’s Shuttle Galaxy and NGC 4216. To find it, start at the ...
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Michael's Miscellany: Virgo's finest galaxies
Virgo the Maiden is the second-largest constellation, covering 3.1 percent of the sky. It contains 11 Messier objects, tons of worthy targets from the New General Catalogue, and more faint galaxies ...
Each week, Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Michael E. Bakich, a master at explaining how to observe, posts a podcast about three or more objects or events you can see in the sky.
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