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Abell 426 Galaxy Cluster
Abell 426
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Abell 426 Galaxy Cluster in Perseus

Telescope: C11
Mount: MI-250
Camera: SBIG ST-10XME
Filters: Astrodon LRGB
Dates: January 20-25 and February 14-16, 2007
Exposure: Lum=39x6min (234mins), RGB=6min each, 32 Green, 35 blue, and 34 red subexposures for 840 minutes (14hrs) total at -30C
Notes:

This galaxy cluster is about 270 million light years away. I was able to identify 45 galaxies in this image so far (hover over with mouse to see labels). There are still 9 fairly bright galaxies I wasn't able to identify - so there are at least 54 galaxies in this image. This image covers only the central part of the cluster, which contains hundreds of galaxies. Click on the image for a larger version. Many of the galaxies in this image aren't in TheSky's database of galaxies.

I increased the brightness of this image more than I usually would, so as not to hide any of the dimmer galaxies.

PGC 2183808 Mag 17.0 PGC12430 Mag 15.4 NGC 1275 (Perseus A) Mag 11.7 NGC 1274 Mag 14.1 ABELL 0426:[CGW2003] 40 SA 0426-039 SA 0426-002 ABELL 0426:[CGW2003] 27 PGC 12405 Mag 15.0 ABELL 0426:[CGW2003] 37 PGC 12451 Mag 16.3 NGC 1270 Mag 14.2 NGC 1268 Mag 13.8 NGC 1267 Mag 13.1 PGC 12358 Mag 16.7 PGC 12397 Mag 15.6 PGC 12353 Mag 16.2 NGC 1273 Mag 14.3 PGC 12409 Mag 16.4 ABELL 0426:[CGW2003] 20 MAC0319+4127 NGC 1277 Mag 12.8 NGC 1278 Mag 12.6 PGC 12443 Mag 17.7 PGC 124336 PGC 12416 Mag 17.3 PGC 12417 Mag 15.9 NGC 1272 Mag 12.0 PGC 2183354 Mag 18.6 ABELL 0426:[CGW2003] 12 ABELL 0426:[CGW2003] 38 PGC 2182223 Mag 17.1 PGC 2182115 Mag 18.5 PGC12414 Mag 17.6 2MASXi J0319467+413145 PGC 12386 Mag 16.3 PGC12441 PGC12443 ABELL 0426:[CGW2003] 08 ABELL 0426:[CGW2003] 19 ABELL 0426:[CGW2003] 48 ABELL 0426:[CGW2003] 11 ABELL 0426:[CGW2003] 10 CXOU J031946.4+413734 SA 0426-019
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