Markarian's Chain
Markarian's Chain
Description: Galaxy Cluster
Common Name: Markarian’s Chain
Messier Catalogue: 84, 86, 88
NGC: 4388, 4402, 4435, 4438, 4461, 4458 4473, 4477, 4459, 891
IC: N/A
Caldwell: N/A
Sharpless: N/A
Constellation: Virgo
Size: 3 Degrees
Visual Magnitude: +9 to 15
Distance: 70 Million Light Years
Camera: Canon EOS 1000D
ISO: 400
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 22 x 180 Seconds
Dark Frames: N/A
Bias Frames: N/A
Flat Frames: N/A
Capture Program: BackYardEOS
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
Date Taken: 14/04/2019
Image Type: RGB
Dark Site?: No-Garden
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: N/A
Mount Control: ExploreStars
Mount: iEXOS 100 PMC-Eight
Guided?: Yes PHD2
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