{"id":26919,"date":"2026-05-01T04:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/?p=26919"},"modified":"2026-05-01T04:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:56:09","slug":"26919","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/?p=26919","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/image\/2605\/M84andM86_1024.png' style='max-width:600px;' \/><\/p>\n<div>Near the heart of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, a string of galaxies known as Markarian&#8217;s Chain stretches across this telescopic field of view. Anchored in the frame at bottom right by prominent lenticular galaxies, M84 (bottom) and M86, you can follow the chain&#8217;s gentle arc up and toward the left. Near center you&#8217;ll spot the pair of interacting galaxies NGC 4438 and NGC 4435, known to some as Markarian&#8217;s Eyes. An estimated 50 million light-years distant, the Virgo Cluster itself is the nearest galaxy cluster. With up to about 2,000 member galaxies, it has a noticeable gravitational influence on our own Local Group of Galaxies. Within the Virgo Cluster at least seven galaxies in Markarian&#8217;s Chain appear to move coherently, while others may appear to be part of the chain by chance. via NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap260501.html\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Near the heart of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, a string of galaxies known as Markarian&#8217;s Chain stretches across this telescopic field of view. Anchored in the frame at bottom right <a href=\"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/?p=26919\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10,12],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","post-26919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-whatsup","tag-ifttt","tag-nasa"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26920,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26919\/revisions\/26920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}