Markarian’s Chain

Markarian's Chain of Galaxies

Object Info

Type

Galaxy Cluster

Constellation

Virgo

Distance

60,000,000 ly

Date

April 10, 2010

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

Lum 28x5 (bin 1x1), R 6x5, G 6x5, B 6x5 (bin 2x2)

Optics

Takahashi FS-60C Refractor

Focal Length

290mm @f/4.8

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop