Observation by Peter Tickner: Markarian's Chain

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2020 Jan 19 - 18:50

Uploaded

2020 Jan 23 - 17:01

Objects

M86
M84
M88

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Constellation

Virgo

Field centre

RA: 12^h26^m
Dec: +12°36'
Position angle: +5°34'

Field size

1°30' × 2°03'

Equipment

ZWO ASI071 MC Pro CMOS camera
Riccardi 0.75 reducer
TS 130mm triplet APO refractor
EQ6 Mount
Autoguided off-axis with ZWO ASI120MM

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Markarian's Chain

Title

Markarian's Chain

About this image

The image iin two parts, the original image from a stack of 19x300seconds images and underneath a negative of the original image in which I've added the common deep sky catalogue numbers above each galaxy for the main galaxies in the image.

Files associated with this observation

baaM84 M86 group.png (1.8 MB)

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