Perseus Cluster (Craig Emery)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Perseus (Per) · Contains: IC 312 · NGC 1267 · NGC 1268 · NGC 1270 · NGC 1272 · NGC 1273 · NGC 1275 · NGC 1277 · NGC 1278 · NGC 1281 · NGC 1282 · NGC 1283 · NGC 1293 · NGC 1294

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During my last night shooting in the desert I wanted to try the new setup on something a bit fainter and this image of the Perseus Cluster is the result. At ~240 million light years distant it deserves more integration time and better processing skills... But while I failed to pull out much structure the number of galaxies in this field of view never fails to amaze me and I'm glad I gave it a shot!

I should also acknowledge Jason Guenzel's amazing image of this target as part of my inspiration to give it a shot. So check his out if you want to see what this can look like ;-)

Tested the ASI128MC on a range of targets over these three nights, including M33, M1, Alnitak and the perseus cluster and am very happy with my initial shots. Now, next time I manage to get out somewhere dark, I'll just have to settle down on focus more time on fewer targets!

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