A section of Markarian’s Chain featuring NGC’s 4438 and 4435, a.k.a. The Eyes, M86, and M84.
Date: May 7, 2010
Constellation: Virgo
Location: Pearson College Observatory, BC
Optics: TeleVue NP-127is used at f/5.2
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Camera: SBIG ST-2000XM with CFW10 and LRGB Astrodon Filters
Binning: LRGB 1x1
Exposure Time: L 5x5m / R 5x5m / G 5x5m / B 5x5m (at -25C)
Processing: Light frames calibrated with dark and flat frames in ImagesPlus. Light frames normalized and combined using MinMax Excluded.