Markarian's Chain and M87

Always found this area very challenging to process - so, being impatient I thought I would have a go with a partial data set, not the best logic!!

On previous attempts, I have found the background is quite difficult to 'make nice'. So here I used the Lum element of the RGB frames and applied back to a processed lum frame background. Results are quite pleasing - A four pane mosaic will follow of the extended area out to M89 and the two panes below as soon as I can find the time.

 

Imaging telescope or lens: Officina Stellare Veloce RH 200

Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine 8300 CCD-camera FLI

Mount: Paramount-ME

Software: Pixinsight 1.8

Filters: Astronomik Deep-Sky R Filter, Astronomik Deep-Sky B Filter, Astronomik Deep-Sky G Filter, Astronomik L2 Lum

Accessories: FLI Atlas, Starlight Xpress lodestar 2

Resolution: 3248x2451

Dates: Jan. 27, 2018, Jan. 28, 2018, Feb. 11, 2018, Feb. 17, 2018

Frames:

Astronomik Deep-Sky B Filter: 12x600" bin 1x1

Astronomik Deep-Sky G Filter: 7x600" bin 1x1

Astronomik Deep-Sky R Filter: 12x600" bin 1x1

Astronomik L2 Lum: 19x600" bin 1x1

Integration: 8.3 hours

Done