Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 84  ·  M 86  ·  M 87  ·  M 88  ·  NGC 4313  ·  NGC 4371  ·  NGC 4374  ·  NGC 4388  ·  NGC 4402  ·  NGC 4406  ·  NGC 4425  ·  NGC 4435  ·  NGC 4438  ·  NGC 4452  ·  NGC 4459  ·  NGC 4461  ·  NGC 4473  ·  NGC 4477  ·  NGC 4486  ·  NGC 4501  ·  Virgo Galaxy
Markarian's Chain, Bryan
Markarian's Chain
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Markarian's Chain

Markarian's Chain, Bryan
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Markarian's Chain

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Took an even visiting the Virgo Galaxy Cluster to view Markarian’s Chain is a string of galaxies to fill a frame, looking a bit deeper there is so much more.Markarian’s Chain contains at least 7 different galaxy members that appear to move coherently: notably 2 huge, bright lenticular galaxies known as M84 and M86 (both members of the famous Messier Catalogue of deep-sky objects).  The Chain also contains a duo of interacting galaxies often referred to as Markarian’s Eyes: NGC 4435 and NGC 4438.

During this acquisition, I opted to try something new by binning my RGB data at Bin2 and Luminance at Bin1

RGB Bin2: 45@60 sec/subs -20c
Lum Bin1: 100@120 sec/subs -20c

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Markarian's Chain, Bryan