Markarian's Chain Two Panel Mosaic (Anthony Quintile)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Virgo (Vir) · Contains: IC 3303 · IC 3355 · IC 3386 · IC 3393 · M 84 · M 86 · NGC 4374 · NGC 4387 · NGC 4388 · NGC 4402 · NGC 4406 · NGC 4407 · NGC 4413 · NGC 4425 · NGC 4435 · NGC 4438 · NGC 4458 · NGC 4461 · NGC 4473 · NGC 4477 · NGC 4479 · PGC 139909 · PGC 1417787 · PGC 1421575 · PGC 1423232 · PGC 165169 · PGC 165181 · PGC 165188 · PGC 165197 · PGC 169237 · And 87 more.

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Markarian's Chain Two Panel Mosaic

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Markarian's Chain Two Panel Mosaic

Finally!

Not only did I *finally* get to finish this two panel mosaic that I started last year, but I *finally* got to do some more imaging, the first time since December because of the snowy/cloudy winter here in Flagstaff, AZ, USA, (known for its typically clear skies).

So many images of Markarian's Chain are either zoomed in on part of it, or so widefield that there is lots of empty space. This is not everything that might be considered part of the galaxy group that comprises Markarian's Chain, but it is the primary "chain" . I really wanted to get the resolution with high-focal length while capturing most of the chain.

This is my first foray into using the mosaic functions in Pixinsight. Only one other time have I created a mosaic, and that was using Photoshop and with two Moon images that happened to overlap.

Please spend a little time to look at this at the highest resolution! This image is so wide that the resolution is apt to not hold up when viewed on a screen in its entirety, but I worked very hard to show fine detail.

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Description: Minor color noise correction around two galaxies

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Astrometry.net job	7728312
PixInsight job	G628CCEYMDYI3PZ44ONM8PZYPXNF9XM4
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RA (center)	12h27m53s.915
RA (top/left)	12h30m07s.334
RA (top/right)	12h24m22s.996
RA (bottom/right)	12h25m41s.338
RA (bottom/left)	12h31m25s.203

Dec (center)	+13°06′28″.50
Dec (top/left)	+13°47′53″.19
Dec (top/right)	+12°55′08″.76
Dec (bottom/right)	+12°24′55″.91
Dec (bottom/left)	+13°17′32″.51

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