Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  15.13  ·  464 Megaira  ·  6 Com  ·  Coma Pinwheel  ·  HD105845  ·  HD106774  ·  HD106888  ·  HD106926  ·  HD106949  ·  HD107170  ·  HD107254  ·  HD107288  ·  HD107303  ·  HD107415  ·  HD107764  ·  HD107906  ·  HD107907  ·  HD108079  ·  HD108301  ·  IC 3044  ·  IC 3049  ·  IC 3050  ·  IC 3059  ·  IC 3061  ·  IC 3062  ·  IC 3064  ·  IC 3065  ·  IC 3066  ·  IC 3073  ·  IC 3077  ·  And 38 more.
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Galaxy Season Ends With a Bang—A Celestial Parade (mouse-over), Dave Rust
Galaxy Season Ends With a Bang—A Celestial Parade (mouse-over), Dave Rust

Galaxy Season Ends With a Bang—A Celestial Parade (mouse-over)

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Galaxy Season Ends With a Bang—A Celestial Parade (mouse-over), Dave Rust
Galaxy Season Ends With a Bang—A Celestial Parade (mouse-over), Dave Rust

Galaxy Season Ends With a Bang—A Celestial Parade (mouse-over)

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Significant number of galaxies! To see their identifications, click on image and turn on plate-solution overlay switch. About 50 galaxies are shown. The closest galaxies are about 50Mly.  The most distant is about 500 million light years away. It would take a lot more subs than 63 to see more deeply.

i switch gear to wide field, perhaps a couple weeks early.

Comments

Revisions

  • Final
    Galaxy Season Ends With a Bang—A Celestial Parade (mouse-over), Dave Rust
    Original
  • Galaxy Season Ends With a Bang—A Celestial Parade (mouse-over), Dave Rust
    L

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Galaxy Season Ends With a Bang—A Celestial Parade (mouse-over), Dave Rust