#markarianschain

Oskar Contreras

@tg8arc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

1 day ago

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

Oskar Contreras

@tg8arc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

1 month ago

Markarian's Chain - telescope processed image. It is a string of galaxies in the Virgo Cluster that appears to lie along a smooth, curved line when viewed from Earth.

Markarian's Chain - unprocessed image. At least seven of these galaxies move coherently through space, while others just happen to appear as part of the chain by line-of-sight.

Markarian's Chain - telescope processed image with Galaxy ID’s. The chain features NGC 4435 and NGC 4438, a famous pair of interacting "Eyes" galaxies showing signs of a past high-speed collision.

Last image for the morning. Let the Dwarf Mini view of #MarkariansChain.
From top to bottom, here are the 19 #galaxies visible.

• NGC 4477
• NGC 4479
• IC 3382
• IC 3344
• NGC 4473
• IC 3386
• NGC 4458
• NGC 4461
• IC 3355
• NGC 4435
• NGC 4438
• IC 3280
• […]

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GingerAstroNerd

@gingerastro.bsky.social

1 month ago

Here’s an image I just completed of Markarian’s Chain. Not a whole lot of color variation in this galaxy cluster but the sheer abundance of galaxies in such a compact region is still quite impressive!
#markarianschain #galaxy #galaxycluster #astrophotography #space #askar #fra400 #asi294mc #zwo

Oskar Contreras

@tg8arc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

2 months ago

Markarian's Chain - telescope processed image. Markarian's Chain is a curved string of galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. Named after B. Markarian, who noted their common motion, it features M84, M86, and the interacting "Eyes" galaxies.

Markarian's Chain - unprocessed image. Markarian's Chain consists of at least eight galaxies that appear to follow a smooth, curved arc through the heart of the Virgo Cluster. The string begins at its western end with the two large, bright elliptical galaxies M84 and M86, which serve as the "anchor" of the group. Following the curve eastward, you encounter the famous "Eyes Galaxies," a pair of interacting systems known as NGC 4435 and NGC 4438. The chain then continues through a series of smaller elliptical and lenticular galaxies, including NGC 4461 (paired with NGC 4458), NGC 4473, and finally NGC 4477 at the northernmost tip.

Markarian's Chain - telescope processed image with markups. Font in purple denote members of Markarian's Chain.

Last observation from the morning was a new viewing of #MarkariansChain. So amazing to learn about this area of multiple galaxies. Created an image with markups of the galaxies visible in this area. The lettering in bold purple are the main members of […]

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Oskar Contreras

@tg8arc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

2 months ago

Markarian's Chain - telescope processed image. It is named after Benjamin Markarian, who discovered in 1961 that at least seven of its galaxies move coherently through space.

Markarian's Chain - unprocessed image. The chain features "The Eyes" (NGC 4435 and 4438), a pair of galaxies heavily distorted by their close gravitational encounter.

Here is my highlight of the morning. It was about 7 hours I go that I learned of #MarkariansChain. This collection of galaxies is a centerpiece of the Virgo Cluster. Because these galaxies are physically close to one another, they offer a rare chance to see […]

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Andreas Didion

@andreas1-stargazer.bsky.social

6 months ago

Markarian’s Chain in Virgo: a graceful arc of elliptical and spiral galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, ~50–60 million light-years away—featuring M84, M86, and the “Eyes” pair NGC 4438/4435.
#Astrophotography #MarkariansChain #VirgoCluster #DeepSky #Galaxies #Astronomy #ClearSkies

Apodsky

@nasapodsky.bsky.social

9 months ago

A stunning image of Markarian's Chain, a string of galaxies within the Virgo Cluster. The image, a small section of the "Big Picture" mosaic from the Samuel Oschin Telescope, showcases prominent galaxies M84 and M86, along with several spiral galaxies. The Virgo Cluster, the nearest cluster to our own, is home to over 2,000 galaxies and exerts a significant gravitational influence on the Local Group. This image will soon be featured as a mural at the renovated Griffith Observatory.

Astronomy Picture from 11/10/2006

Markarian's Chain of Galaxies

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061011.html


#MarkariansChain #VirgoCluster #Galaxies #Astronomy #Space #Cosmology #DeepSpace #Astrophysics #M84 #M86 #M88 #PalomarObservatory #GriffithObservatory

Apodsky

@nasapodsky.bsky.social

10 months ago

A stunning image of Markarian's Chain, a string of galaxies within the Virgo Cluster. The image, a section of the "Big Picture" mosaic from the Samuel Oschin Telescope, showcases prominent galaxies M84 and M86, along with several spiral galaxies. This cluster, 70 million light-years away, is the nearest to our own Milky Way and exerts a significant gravitational influence. The image will be part of a mural at the renovated Griffith Observatory.

Astronomy Picture from 11/10/2006

Markarian's Chain of Galaxies

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061011.html


#MarkariansChain #VirgoCluster #GalaxyCluster #DeepSpace #Astronomy #Cosmology #Space #Galaxies #Astrophysics #M84 #M86 #M88 #PalomarObservatory #GriffithObservatory

Ben

@ibguthrie.bsky.social

10 months ago

So many #Galaxy around #MarkariansChain! Captured at 250mm f4 over about 4 hours from a Bortle 3-4 sky.

Apodsky

@nasapodsky.bsky.social

10 months ago

Stunning image of Markarian's Chain, a string of galaxies in the heart of the Virgo Cluster. Two large lenticular galaxies, M84 and M86, are prominent, along with the interacting "Eyes" galaxies. This cluster, 70 million light-years away, is the nearest galaxy cluster to our own and exerts a significant gravitational pull on our Local Group.

Astronomy Picture from 31/03/2019

Markarian's Chain of Galaxies

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190331.html


#MarkariansChain #VirgoCluster #Galaxies #AstroPhotography #DeepSpace #Space #Astronomy #Cosmology #M84 #M86 #TheEyes #APOD

@t3ddst3r.bsky.social

11 months ago

Markarian's chain #markarianschain #space #seestars50 #astronomy #galaxies

Ben

@ibguthrie.bsky.social

1 year ago

#MarkariansChain is this amazing chunk of sky that’s just loaded with #Galaxies. The more you pan around the more you can see.

#LAAS #Astro #Astrophotography