The Virgo Cluster including Markarians Chain (Eric Smith)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Virgo (Vir) · Contains: IC 3238 · IC 3239 · IC 3244 · IC 3258 · IC 3280 · IC 3303 · IC 3305 · IC 3311 · IC 3331 · IC 3344 · IC 3349 · IC 3355 · IC 3363 · IC 3381 · IC 3382 · IC 3388 · IC 3393 · IC 3409 · IC 3432 · IC 3442 · IC 3443 · IC 3453 · IC 3457 · IC 3459 · IC 3461 · IC 3475 · IC 3476 · IC 3478 · IC 3489 · IC 3492 · And 70 more.

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The Virgo Cluster including Markarians Chain

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The Virgo Cluster including Markarians Chain

Taken from my home in Gérgal, Almería, Spain over 8 nights in January and February 2022.

A wide field view of the Virgo Cluster located in the constellation of Virgo and Coma Berenices. It is estimated that there are at least 1,300 galaxies in this region and possibly as many as 2,000.

On the left of the image is a curved chain of galaxies known as Markarian's Chain which contains near the centre two interacting galaxies, NGC 4438 and NGC 4438 known as Markarian's Eyes.

This was a project that I added at the end of my nebula imaging sessions due to the Milky Way being very low in the sky in the winter months and I needed a target that was higher in the sky early in the morning. My wide field telescope is not suited to imaging many galaxies so I decided to image a cluster of galaxies instead.

Exposures:
Light: 130 x 120s = 260 min
Red: 125 x 120s = 250 min
Green: 140 x 120s = 280 min
Blue: 125 x 120s = 250 min

Total integration: 17.3 hours

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RA (center)	12h31m46s.20
RA (top/left)	12h22m12s.11
RA (top/right)	12h41m24s.88
RA (bottom/right)	12h41m30s.47
RA (bottom/left)	12h22m01s.41

Dec (center)	+13°16′19″.5
Dec (top/left)	+11°40′52″.4
Dec (top/right)	+11°41′47″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	+14°51′04″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	+14°49′59″.1

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