Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4839  ·  NGC 4874  ·  NGC 4889  ·  NGC 4895  ·  NGC 4921
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Abell 1656 - the Coma Galaxy Cluster, Thorsten Glebe
Abell 1656 - the Coma Galaxy Cluster
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Abell 1656 - the Coma Galaxy Cluster

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Abell 1656 - the Coma Galaxy Cluster, Thorsten Glebe
Abell 1656 - the Coma Galaxy Cluster
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Abell 1656 - the Coma Galaxy Cluster

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Only a short window of one clear night allowed me to capture the Coma Galaxy Cluster. It is about 5x more distant from us than the Virgo Galaxy Cluster and dominated by two large cD-type galaxies. Most of the galaxies in the central part are elliptical and contain old star populations which results in the golden brown appearance of the cluster.

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