Observation by Mark Fairfax: Northern Coma Cluster Abell 1656

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Mark Fairfax

Observer

Mark Fairfax

Observed

2022 Apr 02 - 00:03

Uploaded

2022 Apr 02 - 16:04

Objects

NGC4889
NGC4874

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Constellation

Coma Berenices

Field centre

RA: 13^h00^m
Dec: +27°58'
Position angle: -16°12'

Field size

0°36' × 0°27'

Equipment

Unistellar eVscope Classic (114mm reflector)

Exposure

30mins

Location

Nottinghamshire UK

Target name

Northern Coma Cluster Abell 1656

Title

Northern Coma Cluster Abell 1656

About this image

NGC 4889, also Caldwell 35, is a supergiant elliptical galaxy (magnitude +11.3) in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4889 is the brightest within the Coma cluster of galaxies while NGC 4874, another giant elliptical galaxy, is the second-brightest (magnitude 11.4). This cluster contains more than 1,000 galaxies and lies roughly 250 million light-years away.

My God, it's full of galaxies. (How many can you see here?)

[Bortle 5ish with dew shield, no filter & moderate seeing]

Files associated with this observation

NGC 4889 BAA-02Apr2022.jpg (1.6 MB)

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