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Markarian's Chain / M84 / M86, rdk_CA
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Markarian's Chain / M84 / M86

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Markarian's Chain / M84 / M86, rdk_CA
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Markarian's Chain / M84 / M86

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Last weekend, I was able to travel out to my dark site during new moon to capture this part of the Virgo Cluster. I had the scope aligned and tracking when I realized that I had forgotten one of the cables for my autoguide camera. I was able to figure out how to use an alternate configuration (with the "on-camera" connection wired to the ST4 autoguider port on the mount.) This mistake cost me valuable time, however!

In addition, I tore one of my gloves while assembling my kit, leaving my hand exposed in the cold weather (-7 C.) My fingers were completely numb by the time I was disassembling things by the end of my session 5 hours later!

In the end, I'm not sure that my mediocre skill level does this target justice. Fortunately, I survived the cold evening to image another day!

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Markarian's Chain / M84 / M86, rdk_CA