Telescope: Takahashi FSQ	Designation: Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster. When viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line. Charles Messier first discovered two of the galaxies, M84 and M86, in 1781. The other galaxies seen in the chain were discovered by William Herschel. It was ultimately named after the Armenian astrophysicist, Benjamin Markarian, who discovered their common motion in the early 1960s. Member galaxies include M84 (NGC 4374), M86 (NGC 4406), NGC 4477, NGC 4473, NGC 4461, NGC 4458, NGC 4438 and NGC 4435.
Mount: Astro-Physics AP1600 GTO	Constellation: Virgo.
Camera: Apogee U16-M 16803 with Astrodon Ver. 2 Filters	Remotely Imaged With CCD Commander
Guiding:SBIG ST402 Guider	Type: Chain of Galaxies
Exposure Data: RGB 3 hours ea.	Position: R.A. 12h 27m , Dec +13° 10'
Processed using Maxim data aquisition, PixInsight and PhotoShop image processing	Date: May 2018
Data Acquisiton, Reduction and Processing by Jim Janusz	Imaging Location: Cave Creek Canyon Observatory