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This carefully composed
image is centered on the Markarian Chain of galaxies in Virgo.
The composition was chosen to include the huge M87 at the lower
left, and at the upper right - What at first appears to be an
open cluster - is the 17 magnitude Abell 1526 Galaxy cluster.
For perspective, The Virgo cloud is 55 MLY distance. The yellow
tinted (red shifted) Abell 1526 is cataloged as 1.2 billion light
years distance! Galaxies and stars to 20th magnitude are recorded
in this deep image. I really love the Baader RGB filter set.
The combine ratio here is 1:1:1, which yielded really accurate
galaxy colors. Note the beautiful blue wings in the central "Eyes"
pair of galaxies.
Technical Data: RASA
11" f/2.2, ASI6200MM, Baader RGB filters, 1h total integration,
Happy Jack, Az (Bortle 1, 7000 feet elev.)
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