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Date/Location May 13, 2023 Gray, Louisiana
Camera and Settings SBIG STF-8300C CCD Camera -10°C
Telescope Stellarvue ST-70 70 mm apochromatic refractor f/6 with a 0.8x focal reducer/field flattener
Mount Celestron CGEM II
Exposure 180 min (18 x 10 min) through an Oriion Sky Glow filter (hydrogen alpha, hydrogen beta and oxygen III)
Processing Image Plus 3.0, Photoshop
Other Located on the boundary of Coma Berenices and Virgo. From northeast to southwest the chain includes NGC4477 (10.3, S), NGC4473 (10.1, E ), NGC4461 (11.0, S), NGC4435 (10.6, S), NGC4438 (10.1, S), M86 and M84 (9.1, E) all labeled in yellow. Other galaxies labeled in orange.
Markarian's Chain
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