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Markarian's Chain

Started by tvdavis, 03/12/2005 12:08AM
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Posted 03/12/2005 12:08AM | Edited 03/12/2005 12:16AM Opening Post
Thomas V Davis
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Hi All,

Here is my latest. It is Markarian's Chain in the heart of the Virgo cluster of galaxies. M86 and M84 are the two bright elliptical galaxies (M84 is to the far right). I need to get more RGB frames to smooth out the color data, but all-in-all not a bad catch of galaxies for such as short total exposure time.

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AP 155 EDF f/7
STL-11000M LRGB 90:40:40:40min; all unbinned

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Tom Davis
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Posted 03/12/2005 12:20AM #1
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Fantastic image Thomas!!! I love this type of shot... it just staggers the mind to think of what is really shown in that image. We live in a vast universe! Thanks for posting.
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Posted 03/12/2005 12:40AM #2
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Wonderful shot!
First time for me that I see this set of objects all in one shot, excellent! 8)
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Posted 03/12/2005 03:59AM #3
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Very nice! Images of that region always put things in perspective...how small we are in such a big universe.

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Stunning shot.

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Posted 03/12/2005 03:27PM #5
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Excellent job, Tom. It's smoothly processed with great detail in the dust lanes and the color is right on target. Even the tiny galaxies show detail.

dan kowall
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