Observation by Joe: Markarian's Chain w/ M87, M58 and other ...

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Joe Andrews

Observer

Joe

Observed

2025 Apr 16 - 23:55

Uploaded

2025 May 08 - 16:19

Objects

M86
Markarian's Chain
M84
NGC4435
NGC4438
NGC4443
NGC4473
NGC4459
NGC4474
NGC4477
NGC4387
NGC4388
NGC4425
NGC4440
NGC4476
NGC4478
M87
M58
NGC4564

Equipment

130mm F7.7 refractor w/ prism diagonal & 10mm eyepiece

Location

Northamptonshire, UK

Target name

Markarian's Chain (except NGC 4458) with nearby bright Messier's

Title

Markarian's Chain w/ M87, M58 and other nearby NGC galaxies

About this image

A sketch at low magnification (x100), composited from several adjacent or overlapped fields of view sketched in the rough at the eyepiece on the 16th and 17th April 2025. Only the brightest field stars are plotted. This "contextual sketch" followed several nights of higher magnification observing (& sketching) in the same galaxy complex during March and April 2025. The plotting at the scope of the context of each galaxy and its visual relationship to its neighbour was the point (and the pleasure) of the exercise.

Files associated with this observation

IMG_7194.jpeg (1.2 MB)

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Callum Potter, Jeremy Shears, Steve Knight, Simon Paul Davis, David Basey, Andy Wilson, Dominic Ford, Philip Jennings

Comments

Jeremy Shears, 2025 May 08 - 20:20 UTC

Cracking observation, Joe!

Joe Andrews

Joe Andrews, 2025 May 09 - 06:31 UTC

Thanks Jeremy. It was the observing and not the "sketch" that was the point here - quite fascinating to "galaxy hop" rather than "star hop" in this area and even more fascinating to appreciate the visual differences between galaxies seen in the same view.

You can see I finally took your advice and joined the BAA this week.

Jeremy Shears

Jeremy Shears, 2025 May 09 - 19:56 UTC

Welcome to the BAA, Joe! I hope you enjoy your membership.

Joe Andrews

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