Hi All. Attached is my newest image that I have completed in collaboration with Tom Miller. We have been imaging Markarian's Chain for about a month or so now on our clear nights (that are few and far between which is why this has taken a month!). We have gone pretty deep for this region. I am surprised to find that Markarian's chain is imaged relatvely unoften. I am happy with this image and I have found it very challenging! The image acqusistion was done by Tom and I did the Processing. This is a relativly colorless region due to all of the elliptical galaxies (which are typically yellow/red due to all of the old stars), but color can be seen on some of the galaxies. There are alot of galaxies in this field! Below are the image specs:
Markarian's Chain
Takahashi Epsilon 250 Astrograph
Software Bisque Paramount ME
SBIG STL-11000M
Astrodon I Series LRGB Filters
Taken from March 11 - April 7, 2008
Total Exposure Time: 17.8 hrs! (maybe a bit overkill, but it cant hurt)
L - 9 hrs, R - 3 hrs, G - 2 hrs, B - 3.8 hrs
Image reduction in AIP4Win and CCDSoft
Processing in Adobe Photoshop CS (with Russ Croman's Gradient Xterminator)
Enjoy! Comments/Compliments Appreciated!
Taylor Chonis
http://www.angelfire.com/stars5/tschonis
Markarian's Chain
Takahashi Epsilon 250 Astrograph
Software Bisque Paramount ME
SBIG STL-11000M
Astrodon I Series LRGB Filters
Taken from March 11 - April 7, 2008
Total Exposure Time: 17.8 hrs! (maybe a bit overkill, but it cant hurt)
L - 9 hrs, R - 3 hrs, G - 2 hrs, B - 3.8 hrs
Image reduction in AIP4Win and CCDSoft
Processing in Adobe Photoshop CS (with Russ Croman's Gradient Xterminator)
Enjoy! Comments/Compliments Appreciated!
Taylor Chonis
http://www.angelfire.com/stars5/tschonis
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