An Avenue of Galaxies - Markarian's Chain (Explored)
Several clear nights here have allowed myself and others some imaging time under the stars.....A real revelation given our mostly hopeless weather here in Northern Ireland.
This image taken during the night of 2-3 April is of Markarian's Chain - a stretch of Galaxies which form part of the Virgo Cluster. Named for Benjamin Markarian who discovered their common motion in the 1960's.
M84 & M86 are the two large elliptical galaxies on the left - both galaxies discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. The other galaxies seen in the chain were discovered by William Herschel and are primarily identified by their NGC (New Galactic Catalogue) No.
Imaged with a guided Skywatcher Esprit 120ED Triplet Apo and a ZWO2600MC camera.
100 x 120s Subs
With Flats, Darks and Dark Flats.
Processed with Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop 2021.
Thanks for looking!
Will post an annotated version later.
An Avenue of Galaxies - Markarian's Chain (Explored)
Several clear nights here have allowed myself and others some imaging time under the stars.....A real revelation given our mostly hopeless weather here in Northern Ireland.
This image taken during the night of 2-3 April is of Markarian's Chain - a stretch of Galaxies which form part of the Virgo Cluster. Named for Benjamin Markarian who discovered their common motion in the 1960's.
M84 & M86 are the two large elliptical galaxies on the left - both galaxies discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. The other galaxies seen in the chain were discovered by William Herschel and are primarily identified by their NGC (New Galactic Catalogue) No.
Imaged with a guided Skywatcher Esprit 120ED Triplet Apo and a ZWO2600MC camera.
100 x 120s Subs
With Flats, Darks and Dark Flats.
Processed with Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop 2021.
Thanks for looking!
Will post an annotated version later.