Part of Makarian's Chain in Virgo, 2015-04-14/15

[The Thing]

My version and all I can fit in my field of view.

Some of the stars have funny dark bars and there is a light stripe down the left. I suspect its a stacking artifact as is didn't do an intersection so the image covered the greater area/more galaxies.

Telescope aperture and focal ratio:   LX90 8", Baader Alan Gee II Telecompressor, Brightstar OAG
Camera and filters used:   Canon 1000d Modded, no filter
Processing applied:   DeepSkyStacker, AstraImage 3.0SI

(Click for a half of full size version).

[MarkS]

Markarian's Chain isn't optimum for composing at such a long focal length

It's looking good though!

Mark