The Makarian chain region

I'm fascinated by photographs that show clusters of distant galaxies, this is, as the title says, the Makarian chain region, part of the Virgo galaxy cluster.

I didn't know what results to expect - well not much really - when I pointed my small refractor with attached DSLR, but this is the resultant image. It does need more exposure, however this one is made up of 31 x 120 seconds exposure.



On this image I've identified a number of the galaxies and from these it should be easy enough for you to identify any of the others. Apparently NGC 4435 and NGC 4438 are known as 'The eyes'



80 mm refractor, Astronomik CLS filter and a standard Canon 10D.
Aligned and stacked in Nebulosity, finished in Photoshop CS3.