markarian's chain

This is an area I have longed to image, but was just too hard for me to find. Now with the new iOptron Gem28 Astro mount I could find it with ease. I am still using my Nikon D850 though, so some of the astro detail isn't perfect, but just to capture this area that has so many galaxies in, was...

So here finally 'developed' is my 2nd from my remote astro setup. This looks towards the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, a very rich area that has galaxies large and small strewn across this patch of sky. I have not counted them all, but I think between 20 - and 30 galaxies in this one, some of which...