Observation by Graeme Coates: Virgo Cluster/Markarian's Chain

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Graeme Coates

Observer

Graeme Coates

Observed

2020 May 31 - 23:00

Uploaded

2020 Jul 17 - 00:02

Objects

M86
M84
M88

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Constellation

Virgo

Field centre

RA: 12^h27^m
Dec: +12°59'
Position angle: -4°51'

Field size

1°50' × 2°26'

Equipment

Skywatcher Esprit ED80
SBIG STF8300
MI-250

Exposure

17.2hrs total

Location

EEYE

Target name

Virgo Cluster, Markarian's Chain

Title

Virgo Cluster/Markarian's Chain

About this image

A well known area of sky for galaxy hunters - here is a portion of the Virgo Cluster, including M87 and Markarian's Chain (with major members M84, M86 and the Eyes (NGC4435+NGC4438/Arp120)).

Had a lot of trouble with balancing the colour on this one - a proportion of the green data got excluded due to very poor transparency/haziness, and with the remainder subsequently found it hard to get an even result across the field. We were also hindered a little by intermittent issues on the mount, which have resulted in swapping the controller out to try to resolve the issue.

Data capture: G Coates & P Tribe (May/June 2020)
Processing: G Coates

Files associated with this observation

Markarian_rotated_BAA.jpg (1.9 MB)

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