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Markarian's Chain, Bob Rucker
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Markarian's Chain

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Some clear nights have finally returned to the Arizona desert putting me back in business again. My primary targets have been the Dolphin Nebula and SH2-232 which have limited viewing time from my backyard. I decided to finish out the evenings on Markarian's Chain and ended up suprised at how much detail my humble little Zenithstar 61 was able to capture. This could be a really fun future target using more aperture and a mosaic to really pull in details from this amazing cluster of galaxies.

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Markarian's Chain, Bob Rucker