Observation by John Bell: Coma Cluster

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John Bell

Observer

John Bell

Observed

2019 Mar 11 - 00:00

Uploaded

2019 Mar 12 - 16:59

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Equipment

10" f4 Sony A7S

Exposure

28 x 90sec

Location

Milton Keynes, UK

Target name

The Coma galaxy cluster: Abell 1656

Title

Coma Cluster

About this image

Not expecting a result on a windy night, I attempted an unusual and faint (for my location) object.Brightest galaxies are NGC 4874 and NGC 4889. This crop shows more galaxies than stars.

Files associated with this observation

Coma clusterxx.jpg (1.5 MB)

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