The Perseus Cluster - Abell 426 - a photo on Flickriver

            From Wikipedia: The Perseus cluster (Abell 426) is a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Perseus. It has a recession speed of 5,366 km/s and a diameter of 863′. It is one of the most massive objects in the known universe, containing thousands of galaxies immersed in a vast cloud of multimillion-degree gas.

Contains: NGC 1283, NGC 1282, NGC 1281, NGC 1278, NGC 1277, NGC 1275, NGC 1274, NGC 1273, NGC 1272, NGC 1270, NGC 1268, NGC 1267, IC 312, NGC 1260

Imaging telescope or lens: Teleskop Service 8 inch f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien Astrograph
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mount: Celestron CGEM-DX
Guiding telescope or lens: Omegon Microspeed Guide Scope 60mm
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI290MM
Focal reducer: Astro Physics CCDT67
Software: Ripley Pixinsight 1.8 core version,  Photoshop CC
Filter: Lumicon Deep Sky 1.25"
Accessory: TeleVue Powermate 2.5x Barlow
Resolution: 2164x1623
Dates: Sept. 24, 2017,  Sept. 25, 2017,  Sept. 26, 2017
Frames: 
Baader Planetarium B-CCD 1.25": 60x60" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Lumicon Deep Sky 1.25": 326x60" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Baader Planetarium G-CCD 1.25": 71x60" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Baader Planetarium Ha 1.25" 7nm: 20x180" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Baader Planetarium R-CCD 1.25": 71x60" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 9.8 hours
Darks: ~30
Flats: ~20
Bias: ~50
Avg. Moon age: 4.59 days
Avg. Moon phase: 22.34%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 6.00
Temperature: 11.00
Astrometry.net job: 1751317
RA center: 49.715 degrees
DEC center: 41.527 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.081 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 1.811 degrees
Field radius: 0.406 degrees

   

Taken on: September 28, 2017

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