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Markarian's Chain

Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that form part of the Virgo Cluster.

 

This is one I never finished capturing all the data I wanted for because I switched scopes at my remote observatory before this was completed so I could capture several other targets that were starting to come into the late spring sky. Due to the seemingly endless rain of late, I decided to go ahead an process what I did have so far anyway.

 

25 frames @ 300 seconds each of Green and Blue and 31 frames of Red for a total integration time of 6.75 hours. Stacked and lightly processed in PixInsight.

 

Skywatcher 80ED refractor

ZWO ASI1600mm Pro cooled monochrome camera (-15C)

Astrodon R,G and B filters

Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G mount

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Uploaded on June 10, 2020