Markarian’s Chain Again

Apr 20

Galaxy season and I decide to get a lot of them in a single shot, so I went back to Markarian’s Chain again last night. This time I didn’t go quite as wide field as last time to get a more zoomed in image. Set “The Eyes” at the center and captured a lot of the chain around that.

Lots of galaxies in this shot and I had to do two annotated images since including PGC catalogue creates a very busy annotated image.

Markarian's Chain
04/19/2026

Total
102 180 second subs
5 hours 6 minutes

ZWO ASI585MC-Air Gain 200
Askar V w/ 80mm objective lens + reducer 384mm f/4.8
Optolong 2" L-Quad Enhance Filter
ZWO AM5N Mount
ZWO EAF Pro
ZWO CAA

PixInsight processing using HLP, SetiAstro, and RC Astro tools - MAS stretch
Normal Integration