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Abell 426

The galaxy cluster Abell 426, also known as the Perseus Cluster. It contains hundreds of galaxies. This image is a small part of the cluster. I spotted 54 galaxies.
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The Abell 426 galaxy cluster in Persus 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. There are at least 54 galaxies in this image. This image covers only the central part of the cluster, which contains hundreds of galaxies. 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. Also known as the Perseus Cluster. It is one of the most massive objects in the known universe.

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