Markarians Chain w/Nikon D70

Hi All

Markarian Chain of galaxies in the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. In addtion to the obvious ones, i got some of the real faint fuzzy mag 14-16 IC galaxies. You can find them in the full size(2.5MB)image at the link below. The image is a combination of 12x4.5 min ISO1600 and 20x5min ISO1600 shots taken from my light polluted backyard near Annapolis, MD. The scope is a Stellarvue SV102 APO on a Losmandy G11. I used a .8x focal reducer and IDAS LPS filter.

http://ardenastrophotography.com/MarkariansChain_ISO1600_154min_rev1_850k.jpg

http://ardenastrophotography.com/MarkariansChain_ISO1600_154min_rev1_fullsize.jpg

Thanks for looking.

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Very nice John!!! Was leaning towards Canon but now after seeing yours and Ivans images, Nikon D70 may be the way to go. I know Canon has some issues with certain color sensitivities. Have you seen any issues with the Nikon? Thanks! Ken Tydeck

Great shot John! quite a task getting these in the FOV!
Thank you for the hard work!

Great stuff John!

John, what did you do to calibrate the image? Did you use dark frames? Anything else?

Thanks,
Michael Watts