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Markarian's Chain, Willem Jan Drijfhout
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Markarian's Chain, Willem Jan Drijfhout
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Within the massive Virgo Cluster, this nice chain of galaxies, more commonly known as Markarian's Chain. Images captured on Feb 12 and 13, 2021, but weather conditions on the second night were not great, resulting in a low keeper rate.

In the end there were enough decent to good frames to create an image with a total exposure time of about 8 hours.

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Markarian's Chain, Willem Jan Drijfhout