Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 84  ·  M 86  ·  M 87  ·  NGC 4374  ·  NGC 4388  ·  NGC 4402  ·  NGC 4406  ·  NGC 4425  ·  NGC 4435  ·  NGC 4438  ·  NGC 4459  ·  NGC 4461  ·  NGC 4473  ·  NGC 4477  ·  NGC 4486  ·  NGC 4531  ·  Virgo Galaxy
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Markarian's Chain of Galaxies, Alan Dyer
Markarian's Chain of Galaxies
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The heart of the Coma-Virgo galaxy cluster known as Markarian’s Chain, with bright M84 and M86 at right of centre and M87 at lower left. The rest of the chain and group are made of fainter NGC and IC galaxies. Galaxies to about 15th magnitude are recorded.

This is a stack of 12 x 8-minute exposures with the Canon EOS Ra at ISO 800 and SharpStar 100QII apo astrograph at f/5.8. Stacked and aligned in Photoshop. Taken from home March 25, 2020. Starizona Galaxy Enhance action applied.

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Markarian's Chain of Galaxies, Alan Dyer

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