Markarian’s Chain - Telescope processed image. Named for Benjamin Markarian, who discovered in 1961 that at least seven of these galaxies move through space in a unified direction.

Markarian’s Chain - unprocessed image. Near the center lies a pair of interacting galaxies, NGC 4435 and NGC 4438, which look like glowing eyes through a backyard telescope.

Here is the first of two observations of the #MarkariansChain. Starting from left to right are #NGC4473 / #NGC4458 / #NGC4435 / #NGC4438 /#NGC4425 / #NGC4407 / #M86 / #NGC4402 / #NGC4488 / #NGC4367 / #M84 / #IC3258 / #NGC4306 / #NGC4305 #Galaxies. #dwarflabs #dwarfmini #space #astronomy #amateur

You believe when you see it #astrophotography #Eyes #Galaxies #Galaxy #NGC4435 #Virgo #Constellation

Telescope: William Optics Z73III APO Camera: ZWO ASI533MC PRO Filters: Optolong L-Pro Broadband Exposure: 300s Gain: 120

My 3rd object from last night, the collection of galaxies near the constellation of #Leo centered on #NGC4435 The Eyes.

I have annotated the image to show the galaxies, but will need a LOT more data to pull through the detail.

#Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #ThePhotoHour #lookup