Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3392  ·  M 84  ·  M 86  ·  M 87  ·  M 88  ·  NGC 4374  ·  NGC 4388  ·  NGC 4402  ·  NGC 4406  ·  NGC 4419  ·  NGC 4425  ·  NGC 4435  ·  NGC 4438  ·  NGC 4459  ·  NGC 4461  ·  NGC 4473  ·  NGC 4477  ·  NGC 4486  ·  NGC 4501  ·  Virgo Galaxy
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First Light Borg 107FL f3.9 Markarian's Chain, Chris Barr
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First Light Borg 107FL f3.9 Markarian's Chain, Chris Barr
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First Light Borg 107FL f3.9 Markarian's Chain

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This was indeed first light with the new Borg astrograph along with the MoonLite NiteCrawler on April 6.  Conditions were challenging with springtime winds in SE New Mexico.  The back focus needs some dialing in as well.  Could not resist going with Markarian's Chain from the Virgo Galaxy Cluster as the first light object for this new scope.  At 417mm the widefield is a good match up.  Would like to have gathered more data but conditions only got worse as that week wore on with winds peaking at 90MPH gusts on the 9th!  Zoom in - the details may surprise you.

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First Light Borg 107FL f3.9 Markarian's Chain, Chris Barr