Markarians Chain

[paul mc c]

Got a nice view of this lovely group of Galaxys.

[Scosmico]

Nice sketch!

[RikM]

That's very nicely presented.

I was viewing this lot yesterday and I couldn't use my low power eyepieces. The sky was really weird, I could see plenty of stars with the naked eye, but there was a lot of skyglow through the scope. A 10mm EP for 120x mag gave the best contrast but not such a wide field of view.

I wish I had though of tracking up the chain like you had done

[Stargazer Jack]

Great sketch!

[bish]

Great sketch. Presumably you had to go to a good dark site for these.

[paul mc c]

Thanks every one , Bish i observed them from my back garden,two miles from the city center where i have a lot of light pollution,where i am lucky to see starr at 5th mag,but i put it down to the scope i have.

[Black Knight]

I love that sketch. Well done:icon_salut:

[Pug]

Love it!

[Mike73]

First time I've seen a sketch presented like this and it really works.

How long did it take?

[paul mc c]

The sketch probably took about 10 mins or so,i didnt include any stars as i was only interested in the actual Galaxys.

[todd8137]

Thanks every one , Bish i observed them from my back garden,two miles from the city center where i have a lot of light pollution,where i am lucky to see starr at 5th mag,but i put it down to the scope i have.

Must be some scope because I can not see these with my 12"'from make back yard ,and my nearest town is 8miles away very lucky ,great pic