Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 84  ·  M 86  ·  NGC 4374  ·  NGC 4387  ·  NGC 4388  ·  NGC 4402  ·  NGC 4406  ·  NGC 4407  ·  NGC 4425  ·  NGC 4435  ·  NGC 4438  ·  NGC 4458  ·  NGC 4459  ·  NGC 4461  ·  NGC 4468  ·  NGC 4473  ·  NGC 4474  ·  NGC 4477  ·  NGC 4479
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Markarian's Chain, Mark Abbott
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Markarian's Chain

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Markarian's Chain

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Markarian’s Chain is a string of galaxies in the Virgo Galaxy cluster which are named after astrophysicist Benjamin Markarian, who discovered that 7 of the galaxies in this cluster move in synchrony together through space.  M84 and M86 form the "eyes" of Markarian's chain and are  located about 50 million light-years away.

This LRGB image was taken with an Apertura Carbonstar 150mm Newtonian and 294mm camera.

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Markarian's Chain, Mark Abbott

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