Markarian's Chain (Vir) - Markarian's galaxies
Date: 27.3.2025
Equipment: ZWO Seestar S50
Exposure: 362x10sec in mosaic mode
Location: Havlíčkův Brod
Processing: GraXpert, Photoshop
Description: Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster.
Member galaxies include M84 (NGC 4374), M86 (NGC 4406), NGC 4477, NGC 4473, NGC 4461, NGC 4458, NGC 4438 and NGC 4435.
Near the center there appear the pair of interacting galaxies NGC 4438 and NGC 4435, about 50 million light-years away, known to some as Markarian's Eyes.