Observation by Nick James: Markarian's Chain

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2018 May 13 - 20:54

Uploaded

2018 Jun 01 - 06:17

Objects

M86
M84
NGC4461
M88

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Constellation

Virgo

Field centre

RA: 12^h27^m
Dec: +13°12'
Position angle: +2°49'

Field size

3°10' × 2°09'

Equipment

ASI 294MC + Megrez 72, x0.8FF

Exposure

40x60s

Location

La Palma

Target name

NGC4461

Title

Markarian's Chain

About this image

A view of Markarian's Chain using a small telescope (72mm aperture) but in a very dark sky at around 1100m on La Palma.

Files associated with this observation

ngc4461_20180513_2154_nd_baaj.jpg (1.5 MB)

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David Basey, Jeremy Shears, Grant Privett, Andy Wilson, Geof Lewis, Steve Knight, Peter Mulligan, Martin Lewis, Peter Carson, Robert Ian Henderson, Graham Winstanley, Chris Hooker

Comments

Peter Mulligan, 2018 Jun 01 - 16:49 UTC

Hi Nick great image, just another example of the beauty of the Universe

Peter

Nick James, 2018 Jun 02 - 04:40 UTC

Thanks Peter. Yes indeed.

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