Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 4040  ·  IC 4041  ·  IC 4045  ·  IC 4051  ·  NGC 4871  ·  NGC 4872  ·  NGC 4873  ·  NGC 4874  ·  NGC 4876  ·  NGC 4886  ·  NGC 4889  ·  NGC 4907  ·  NGC 4908
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Description

Part of the Coma cluster - virtually every point of light in this image is a remote galaxy.

NGC 4889 actually hosts the largest known black hole in the universe, at least 9.7 billion times more massive than our Sun.

Distance to the Coma cluster : an amazing several hundred million Light Years.

Taken during March, seeing not great. 30 x 120 second exposures.

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    Original
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    B
  • Final
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    C

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