Markarian's Chain

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, Messier 84 and Messier 86, in 1781. The other galaxies seen in the chain were discovered by William Herschel and are now known primarily by their catalog numbers 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. Member galaxies include Messier 84 (NGC 4374), Messier 86 (NGC 4406), NGC 4477, NGC 4473, NGC 4461, NGC 4458, NGC 4438 and NGC 4435.

Equipment:
OTA: SVBONY SV503 70ED Refractor f/6
Reducer: SVBONY SV193 0.8x reducer f/4.8
Filter: SVBONY CLS City Light Suppression Filter
Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro Color Cooled Camera (20.1mp)
Mount: Explore Scientific EX02GT with PMC-8
677 x 30s frames (5 hours, 38 minutes, 30 minutes)
Stacked with SharpCap 4.1 with darks and flats
Processed with GraXpert, Topaz Denoise, and Siril