Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Cetus (Cet)  ·  Contains:  IC 1693  ·  IC 1696  ·  IC 1703  ·  NGC 519  ·  NGC 530  ·  NGC 535  ·  NGC 538  ·  NGC 541  ·  NGC 543  ·  NGC 545  ·  NGC 547  ·  NGC 548  ·  NGC 557
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Abell 194 RGB:  A Mini Markarian's Chain, Jerry Yesavage
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Abell 194 RGB: A Mini Markarian's Chain

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Abell 194 RGB:  A Mini Markarian's Chain, Jerry Yesavage
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Abell 194 RGB: A Mini Markarian's Chain

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There are not many examples of this on Astrobin and I think it is really for a dark site, but I thought I would push the processing with my new tools (toys).

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This rich group includes 10 galaxies from the New General Catalog (NGC) that are identified in the roll-over image, along with several dozen more galaxies that are visible in this field. Despite its impressive distance of about 250 million light years, several of the cluster's brightest galaxies can be seen in amateur telescopes.

There is also the unusual feature known as Minkowski's object, which appears as a small blue patch on the edge of the galaxy NGC 541. This galaxy is a strong emitter of radio waves, and images in other wavelengths show a large jet stretching from the galaxy's center to Minkowski's object. Astronomers have found that Minkowski's object is a region of intense star formation. An abundance of hot blue-white stars gives the object its distinctive color.

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