Markarian's Chain

[Handy_Andy]

Had a go at Markarian's Chain on Thursday night. Should have done longer subs but I'm pretty pleased with what I got

[Craney]

Nice one.... there are so many fuzzys in there it is difficult to know where to centre the FOV.

[MarsG76]

Galaxtic smorgasbord....

Which one is the weakest link in the chain?

 

[Demonperformer]

Certainly a good start. So many galaxies. What is the sub-length that you were using?

[Daniel-K]

excellent Andy 

[iansmith]

Good image, nicely framed.

Cheers, Ian

[gingergeek]

I did a test shot on this area the other night as well, it is a fascinating area with lots of faint fuzzies.

[Handy_Andy]

They are 10 minute subs but my guiding was spot on and should have done 15. Didn't swing round until nearly 2am so I was pretty tired to be out so long what with getting up for work at 5 the previous morning. Bit more data and it'll be a treat.

Of course it looks like a cracking piece of sky so I'm thinking of a nice big mosaic with a longer fl to get better detail. But now I've said that there's bound to be clouds until April ?

[gorann]

Really nice start!

I wonder if longer subs would be the right way to go since your stars are a bit blown out already (unless that happened in processing). More subs are probably better medicine (or a set of shorter subs to save the stars and galactic cores). What scope did you use? I notice that your stars are oval in the corners. If you used the ED80 with the Lightwave reducer (which I assume is also a flattener)  it may not be at the right distance from your chip.

Cheers

[peter shah]

you should be pleased its beautiful...so much going on