Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3393  ·  M 84  ·  M 86  ·  NGC 4374  ·  NGC 4387  ·  NGC 4402  ·  NGC 4406  ·  NGC 4435  ·  NGC 4438  ·  NGC 4458  ·  NGC 4461  ·  NGC 4473  ·  NGC 4477  ·  NGC 4479  ·  NGC 4506  ·  The Eyes
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Markarian's Chain, Joe Shuster
Markarian's Chain
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Markarian's Chain

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Markarian's Chain, Joe Shuster
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Markarian's Chain

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This image captures several Messier objects -- M84, M85, and M86 -- along with several smaller galaxies. Later I realized that this was Markarian's Chain. For each obvious galaxy in the image, there are 2 tiny (distant) galaxies in the background.

Ambient temp was 56° F at the start.

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Markarian's Chain, Joe Shuster

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