Virgo Galaxy Cluster - the 'Ball and Chain': 8 panel mosaic (Steve Milne)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Virgo (Vir) · Contains: M 58 · M 84 · M 86 · M 87 · M 88 · M 89 · M 90 · M 91 · NGC 4374 · NGC 4388 · NGC 4406 · NGC 4438 · NGC 4473 · NGC 4486 · NGC 4501 · NGC 4548 · NGC 4552 · NGC 4569 · NGC 4579 · The Eyes

Virgo Galaxy Cluster - the 'Ball and Chain': 8 panel mosaic, Steve Milne

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Virgo Galaxy Cluster - the 'Ball and Chain': 8 panel mosaic

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Markarian’s Chain (on the right hand side of the frame) is an often imaged part of the Virgo galaxy cluster. It is named after Beniamin Egishevich Markarian (1913-1985) – an Armenian astrophysicist.

This is an 8 panel mosaic. To the left of the 'chain' is a circular pattern of galaxies. Olly Penrice once described the combination as the 'Ball and Chain' - a description I liked.

The centre of the Virgo cluster has been determined to lie some 70 million light years distant.

Data for the mosaic were collected between 28 March and 9 June 2019 from a remote imaging rig in Spain that is owned and operated by Barry Wilson and me.

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 106

Camera: QSI 683 WSG

Filters: Astrodon

Mount: 10 Micron GM1000HPS

Lum: 144 x600s

Red: 72 x600s

Green: 71 x 600s

Blue: 72 x 600s

A total of 59 hours and 50 minutes exposure.

Data capture: Steve Milne & Barry Wilson

Image processing: Steve Milne

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