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Markarian's Chain
The fuzzy objects in this image are all galaxies.
This stretched region of galaxies is named Markarian's Chain. It is part of the Virgo Cluster which itself is a part of the Virgo Supercluster. Our Milky Way belongs to the so called Local Group which is also part of the Virgo Supercluster. So these galaxies are kind of our neighbors if you will.
Overall integration time in this image is 53x120 seconds totalling in 1h 46m exposure time. Shot with my little 72/432mm refractor and a OSC (IMX571).
I submitted this to Astrometry.net in order to get it annotated here in flickr.
Markarian's Chain
The fuzzy objects in this image are all galaxies.
This stretched region of galaxies is named Markarian's Chain. It is part of the Virgo Cluster which itself is a part of the Virgo Supercluster. Our Milky Way belongs to the so called Local Group which is also part of the Virgo Supercluster. So these galaxies are kind of our neighbors if you will.
Overall integration time in this image is 53x120 seconds totalling in 1h 46m exposure time. Shot with my little 72/432mm refractor and a OSC (IMX571).
I submitted this to Astrometry.net in order to get it annotated here in flickr.