Observation by Grant Privett: Markarian's Chain

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2021 Apr 18 - 00:45

Uploaded

2021 Apr 19 - 10:14

Objects

M84
M86
NGC4402
NGC4388
NGC4435
NGC4438

Equipment

SkyWatcher 114mm f4.4 Newtonian
Starlight Xpress Lodestar x2
SkyWatcher NEQ6

Exposure

204x 30s

Location

Salisbury

Target name

Markarian's Chain

Title

Markarian's Chain

About this image

It was a lovely clear night, albeit with a moon and a bit chilly (-2.5C by the time I stopped at 04:00) but my main scope is in pieces at the moment, so I thought I would just chase down a couple of pretty targets to alleviate the observing withdrawl symptoms. Using my 114mm guidescope and the autoguide camera, I had a look at the bright end of this galaxy chain and was quite pleased with how it came out.

Not sure why I have never imaged this before. Obviously it would be better with a RASA or Hyperstar and a tad more aperture.

Files associated with this observation

markarian114mm.jpg (174.4 kB)

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