Markarian's Chain (2024) (Mark Germani)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com) · Contains: HD108348 · IC 3280 · IC 3303 · IC 3344 · IC 3355 · IC 3363 · IC 3382 · IC 3388 · IC 3393 · IC 3432 · M 84 · M 86 · NGC 4374 · NGC 4387 · NGC 4388 · NGC 4402 · NGC 4406 · NGC 4407 · NGC 4413 · NGC 4425 · NGC 4435 · NGC 4438 · NGC 4446 · NGC 4447 · NGC 4458 · NGC 4459 · NGC 4461 · NGC 4468 · NGC 4473 · NGC 4474 · And 3 more.

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Markarian's Chain (2024)

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It's been ages since I imaged Markarian's Chain; I first attempted it with an out-of-spec flattener, and then later again with the proper flattener and much greater integration time, but the gains were discouragingly minimal so I never bothered to finish & upload. As it happens, though, it fits beautifully into the FOV of the ASI533's square sensor with my Zenithstar 61, so I thought it needed updating.

Despite the absence of the fainter of the fuzzies, I'm pleased with how this turned out, for < 10 hrs integration. The colour was a nice surprise, particularly in the eyes.

Part of the Virgo cluster (which itself contains over 2,000 galaxies), Markarian's Chain contains at least 7 galaxies which Armenian astrophysicist Benjamin Markarian found to exhibit common motion.

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William Optics ZenithStar Z61/Z81
Broadband under Bortle 7/8/9
The OSC Club (One Shot Camera)

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William Optics Zenithstar 61

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	9825823
PixInsight job	XJF8K7EXX534HLPCMOF75DPWF1YZ0KG2
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	12h27m28s.98
RA (top/left)	12h30m55s.26
RA (top/right)	12h24m00s.72
RA (bottom/right)	12h24m04s.25
RA (bottom/left)	12h30m55s.82

Dec (center)	+13°21′09″.7
Dec (top/left)	+14°11′53″.4
Dec (top/right)	+14°11′22″.6
Dec (bottom/right)	+12°30′16″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	+12°30′45″.6

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