Makaranians chain

[Les Tilly]

ok its markarian's chain (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ei=tXHySZmCGJ2xmAfA9bWaDg&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=markarian%27s+chain&spell=1) Its been a little while since my last image I decided to take this image with my SV70ED for a nice widefield shot
3 hours ISO 800 X 5minute subs
Canon 40D

Regards Les

[bloodhound31]

Way cool Les! I want to try this one.

Baz.

[bluescope]

Nice cosmic landscape composition Les ...

:thumbsup:

[Tamtarn]

Well done Les it's nice to see something that's not very often imaged

[Kevnool]

Thats awesome Les i,m impressed with this, i can say i haven't seen this imaged before.

Really clean image,Thx for posting.

Cheers Kev.

[Lester]

Fantastic image with detail of these faint galaxies, for such a widefield.

Well done Les.

[Hagar]

Another nice one Les. Lots and lots of little galaxies in this image.

Very nice wide field of this area.

[Les Tilly]

Thanks Guys it worked out pretty good,

[Virgs]

Lovely detail in those galaxies at the top of the frame

[h0ughy]

i dont think i have seen this area of sky before, i like it!

[Craig_L]

Very nice detail there Les and excellent framing. Must try this next.

[telecasterguru]

Fantastic image. Any idea where the name comes from?

[sheeny]

Lovely!

Al.

[Deeno]

Very cool!!

[gregbradley]

Nice one Les.

Greg.

[Les Tilly]

Here is a write up from Wikipedia.
Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxies) that forms part of the Virgo Cluster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgo_Cluster). It's called a "chain" because, when viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line. It was named after the Armenian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians) astrophysicist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysicist), B. E. Markarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._E._Markarian), who discovered it in the mid 1970s. Member galaxies include M84 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_84) (NGC 4374 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4374)), M86 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_86) (NGC 4406 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4406)), NGC 4477 (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NGC_4477&action=edit&redlink=1), NGC 4473 (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NGC_4473&action=edit&redlink=1), NGC 4461 (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NGC_4461&action=edit&redlink=1), NGC 4458 (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NGC_4458&action=edit&redlink=1), NGC 4438 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4438) and NGC 4435 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4435). It's located at RA 12h 27m and Dec +13° 10

[jase]

The SV70 really delivers an exceptional FOV of the chain. Very nice work Les. Well done.

[Ric]

Excellent widefield Les, the chain looks fantastic.

Cheers

[Les Tilly]

Yes for under $700 US the scope and tv reducer is very good value in my book

[multiweb]

Very nice field Les. Lovely details too :thumbsup:

[peter_4059]

Great shot Les. I really like these images with a stack of galaxies in them.

Peter