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The Markarian's chain

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Released date: May 14, 2017

Brief Description   You can recognize a gentle curve of 1.5° length consisted of several galaxies in center of the Virgo cluster, called "The Markarian's chain". From right-edge, individual galaxies has IDs of M84(NGC4374), M86(NGC4406), NGC4477, NGC4473, NGC4461, NGC4458, NGC4438, NGC4435.

Photography Condition
Date & Time... Apr 29 2017, from 21:39 to 23:57 JST(+0900), 3min.×10 shots
   Mosaic of 3 flames
Optical... Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
   Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera... Nikon D810A
   (ISO6400, recorded in 14bit CCD-RAW)
Location... Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.



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