A picture of Markarian’s Chain taken from John McDonald’s backyard. Of interest in this image is Arp 120 (NGC 4435 and NGC 4438, a perturbing spirals). This pair of galaxies, a.k.a. The Eyes, is located East of M86.

M86, M87, M84, and More – May 3, 2008
Location: Fairfield, Victoria
Constellation: Virgo and Coma Berenices
Optics: Tele Vue NP-101 f/5.4 on Losmandy G-11
Camera: Canon 20Da
Exposures: 31 RAW light frames of 60 sec, ISO 400.
Process: Calibrated with 20 dark frames and 20 flat frames in ImagesPlus. Combined using MinMax Excluded. Colour balance in Photoshop.