Galaxy Coma Cluster and NGC 4874 and NGC 4889 (Stephen Heliczer FRAS)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com) · Contains: IC 3949 · IC 3955 · IC 3960 · IC 3968 · IC 3973 · IC 3976 · IC 3998 · IC 4011 · IC 4012 · IC 4021 · IC 4026 · IC 4030 · IC 4033 · IC 4040 · IC 4041 · IC 4042 · IC 4044 · IC 4045 · IC 4051 · NGC 4858 · NGC 4860 · NGC 4864 · NGC 4865 · NGC 4867 · NGC 4869 · NGC 4871 · NGC 4872 · NGC 4873 · NGC 4874 · NGC 4875 · And 11 more.

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Galaxy Coma Cluster and NGC 4874 and NGC 4889

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Galaxy Coma Cluster and NGC 4874 and NGC 4889

There are very few stars in this picture, taken last night from my back garden. These are all GALAXIES, each containing up to a million billion stars. Known as the Coma Cluster it contains over 1,000 identified galaxies located in Coma Berenices. Along with the Leo Cluster, it is one of the two major clusters comprising the Coma Supercluster. The central region is dominated by two supergiant elliptical galaxies: NGC 4874 and NGC 4889 both containing super-massive black holes. The cluster's mean distance from Earth is about 320 million light years from the Earth. This is my first "deep field" photograph of multiple galaxies

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RA (center)	13h00m08s.458
RA (top/left)	13h01m40s.148
RA (top/right)	12h59m04s.720
RA (bottom/right)	12h58m36s.891
RA (bottom/left)	13h01m11s.797

Dec (center)	+27°57′31″.22
Dec (top/left)	+28°04′29″.37
Dec (top/right)	+28°13′41″.91
Dec (bottom/right)	+27°50′29″.22
Dec (bottom/left)	+27°41′19″.19

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