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Markarian's Chain

Started by djmccrady, 03/14/2005 05:42PM
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Posted 03/14/2005 05:42PM Opening Post
Don McCrady
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One of our club's dark sky sites, Tiger Mountain, was finally reopened after a long closure due to logging activity. It's about mag 6.0, versus my backyard which is about mag 4-4.5. As expected, the difference in signal quality is dramatic, to say the least.

So this is Markarian's Chain of galaxies in Virgo, featuring M86, M84, M87, and a bunch of others.



Click http://djmccradyastro2.home.comcast.net/images/MarkariansChain-2005-03-12.jpg for full-resolution.

Comments welcome.
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Posted 03/14/2005 06:43PM #1
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Beautiful shot Don! great set of objects! wink
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Another great image Don. Now that i've got my replacement D70, im gonna give this one a try.
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