Markarian's Chain

Markarian's Chain, named after the Armenian astrophysicist, B. E. Markarian, is a chain of galaxies that is part of the larger Virgo Supercluster. The Local Group, including the Milky Way Galaxy, is part of this same cluster. This image was taken from my home observatory in Gravois Mills, MO

 

Details:

 

29 x 300s, ISO 800

50 darks, 50 flats, 100 bias

 

Equipment: Canon 450D, Explore Scientific 80mm APO Triplet, Televue 0.8x Reducer/Flattener

 

Calibrated in DeepSkyStacker, Processed in Pixinsight

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