Perseus Galaxy Cluster (ACO 426) | OSC RGB | Sept 12 & 13, 2026
Objects in field: Perseus A, NGC 1259, NGC 1260, NGC 1264, NGC 1267, NGC 1268, NGC 1270, NGC 1271, NGC 1272, NGC 1273, NGC 1274, NGC 1275, NGC 1276, NGC 1277, NGC 1278, NGC 1279, NGC 1281, NGC 1282, NGC 1283, IC 1907, MQ J031712.68+412758.4, MQ J031714.00+412555.9, MQ J031715.95+412420.4, MQ J031717.28+412921.0, MQ J031720.59+412719.6, MQ J031723.48+411610.0, MQ J031729.21+412520.2, MQ J031735.84+413358.5, MQ J031739.62+412806.0, MQ J031755.96+412844.0, MQ J031825.90+411817.4, MQ J031841.50+413002.4, MQ J031903.17+413139.3, MQ J031911.06+411805.4, MQ J031915.33+413747.1, MQ J031920.16+412547.1, MQ J031923.02+413346.8, MQ J031923.54+413704.6, MQ J031923.65+413712.9, MQ J031925.38+412903.6, MQ J031928.12+413812.6, MQ J031928.46+413759.5, MQ J031931.58+413219.6, MQ J031937.20+411830.4, MQ J031939.94+412635.3, MQ J031940.15+412605.1, MQ J031945.09+413704.2, MQ J032000.55+413221.1, MQ J032002.25+413435.6, MQ J032005.56+411848.6, MQ J032009.18+413608.6, MQ J032013.13+412757.6, MQ J032019.01+413130.6, MQ J032019.69+413731.8, MQ J032020.31+413745.7, MQ J032020.80+412841.2, MQ J032024.48+413114.6, MQ J032026.73+413316.1, MQ J032037.32+412008.2, SDSS J031834.31+413657.0, SDSS J031851.80+413223.4, SDSS J031855.80+413810.2, SDSS J031902.32+413733.9, SDSS J031927.55+413816.4, SDSS J031937.43+412424.0, SDSS J031944.11+412553.4, SDSS J031946.15+413737.0, SDSS J031952.95+411956.2, SDSS J031959.80+413936.7, SDSS J032014.26+413607.0, SDSS J032023.93+412131.5, WISEA J031724.97+412813.3, WISEA J031838.41+412352.8, WISEA J031916.43+412201.5, WISEA J032022.05+411915.2
Equipment: Askar 130PHQ, ZWO ASI585MC Pro
Integration: 10h 57m
It was gloriously clear this past weekend and I took advantage of it by getting an image of Abell 426 (ACO 426), also known as the Perseus Galaxy Cluster. One galaxy of note is NGC 1275, or Perseus A, which has several obvious streamers of gas that are being thrown off by tidal interactions with nearby galaxies.