Markarian's Chain

Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster.
The home Virgo Cluster is the nearest cluster of galaxies, contains over 2000 galaxies, and has a noticeable gravitational pull on the galaxies of the Local Group of Galaxies surrounding our Milky Way Galaxy. The center of the Virgo Cluster is located about 70 million light years away toward the constellation of Virgo.
On the top left side of this image you find the massive galaxy M87, the most spectacular example of an elliptical galaxy we can see from Earth. The most fascinating feature of this galaxy is its jet that extends from the central supermassive black hole of M87 and reaches out about 5,000 light-years. The jet is visible in this image!

Image acquired with CHI-6 (Officina Stellare RH200) ; data from 2 one-clicks.

Total integration time only 160 minutes. 4 subs of 600s with each filter (LRGB).