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Photographer:

Craig and Tammy Temple

Location of Photo:

Hendersonville, TN

Date/Time of photo:

March 29, 2009

Equipment:

Orion 80ED (f/7.5) on Atlas EQ-G w/EQMOD, guided; Canon 350D (self-modified) with Astronomik IR-block EOS clip filter + 2" Hutech IDAS LPS filter; 60 x 180s @ ISO 1600; Captured/Calibrated/Registered/Stacked/DDP in ImagesPlus; Post processed in Photo Shop CS4

Description:

This is a grouping of galaxies in Virgo that form a gentle curved shape, hence it's name, Markarian's Chain. It was discovered in the mid 1970's by B. E. Markarian. The grouping forms part of the Virgo Cluster. This image is a total of 3 hours of integration time acquired on March 29, 2009. The temperature was 40° F.

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