Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster. When viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line.
Charles Messier first discovered two of the galaxies, M84 and M86, in 1781. The other galaxies seen in the chain were first mentioned in John Louis Emil Dreyer's New General Catalogue, published in 1888.
It was ultimately named after the Armenian astrophysicist, Benjamin Markarian, who discovered their common motion in the early 1960s.
In this image the Markarian's Chain is not complete. Sorry but the galaxies is not centered well. I promise that the next time I will do it better. In the below image are show the galaxies that include this image (Click the image to open in new window).
IMAGE DETAILS:
Place: Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, Jalisco, México.
Telescope: Celestron Omni 150/750 F5 Newton
Mount: CGEM
Camera: Canon 40D
| Designations | Markarian's Chain |
| Object Type | Galaxies |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Apparent Magnitude | (M84 +11), (M86 +11) |
| Apparent Size (V) | |
| Distance | 60 millones de años luz |
| Size | |
| Redshift | |
| Radial velocity |
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