Benjamin Egishevich Markarian (Armenian: Բենիամին Եղիշեի Մարգարյան) was an Armenian astrophysicist. Markarian's Chain is a group of galaxies which was named after him when he discovered that its members move with a common motion. He is also the namesake of a catalog of compact, optically bright galaxies (including both starbursts and active galactic nuclei) known as Markarian galaxies.
See also Category:Discoveries by Benjamin Markarian
References
External links Beniamin Markarian, Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS) Beniamin Markarian, Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers (2007)