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M86 and Markarian's Chain, AwesomeAstro
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M86 and Markarian's Chain

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I love that this many galaxies can fit in a single field of view with an SCT setup. I also love that something this intricate can be obtained from the backyard!

Really pleased with these results, especially using the focal reducer. Some aggressive use of the dynamic background extractor is necessary in Pixinsight to get the resulting donut-shaped artifacts removed from the image.

Each galaxy here has its own character and the results are decently sharp for this setup!

Hoping to add, as a mosaic, another frame which captures M87 since this galaxy was the source of the recent black hole picture.

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M86 and Markarian's Chain, AwesomeAstro