The Coma Cluster of Galaxies (Abell 1566) - Zoom In! 1000 Galaxies, 320M Light-Years Away! (~8.2 Hours of LRGB)

by Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)

Objects in field: NGC 4824, NGC 4828, NGC 4839, NGC 4840, NGC 4841, NGC 4842, NGC 4848, NGC 4850, NGC 4851, NGC 4853, NGC 4854, NGC 4858, NGC 4860, NGC 4864, NGC 4865, NGC 4867, NGC 4869, NGC 4871, NGC 4872, NGC 4873, NGC 4874, NGC 4875, NGC 4876, NGC 4881, NGC 4883, NGC 4886, NGC 4889, NGC 4894, NGC 4895, NGC 4896, NGC 4898, NGC 4906, NGC 4907, NGC 4908, NGC 4911, NGC 4919, NGC 4921, NGC 4923, NGC 4926, NGC 4927, NGC 4929, NGC 4931, NGC 4934, IC 839, IC 3943, IC 3946, IC 3947, IC 3949, IC 3955, IC 3957, IC 3959, IC 3960, IC 3963, IC 3968, IC 3973, IC 3976, IC 3998, IC 4011, IC 4012, IC 4021, IC 4026, IC 4030, IC 4033, IC 4040, IC 4041, IC 4042, IC 4044, IC 4045, IC 4051, IC 4106, IC 4111, PK049+88.1

Equipment: William Optics Fluorostar 132 / FLT132, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

Integration: 8h 10m 30s

At first glance, this looks like a rather boring star cluster. But that's No Star Cluster! That's a huge cluster of over 1000 galaxies that are 320 million light-years away! This is the Coma Cluster of Galaxies, also known as Abell 1566. It is the result of 8.2 hours of LRGB data taken on my William Optics 132mm FLT platform. It is also the last set of image data taken from the first light of my…