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Abell 426  The Perseus Cluster, Sea of galaxies, Joe Hua
Abell 426  The Perseus Cluster, Sea of galaxies, Joe Hua

Abell 426 The Perseus Cluster, Sea of galaxies

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Abell 426  The Perseus Cluster, Sea of galaxies, Joe Hua
Abell 426  The Perseus Cluster, Sea of galaxies, Joe Hua

Abell 426 The Perseus Cluster, Sea of galaxies

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Description

One of my favorite galaxy  cluster on the sky.

I was very happy that the magnetic monster NGC 1275 was visible of it's red and blue jets.

NGC 1275 :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1275

Image details:
Mount: Astro-Physics 1100GTO
Telescope: Astro-Tech RC8 carbon
Camera: SBIG STF-8300 with OAG+FW8-8300 filter wheel
Guide camera: SBIG OAG-8300+Lodestar X2 with Kiss focuser
Filter: Astrodon LRGB Gen2 E-Series
Exposure time:
L: 60*10 min, bin1
R: 24*10 min, bin2
G: 22*10 min, bin2
B: 22*10 min, bin2

WTO team : Yuexiao and myself

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Abell 426  The Perseus Cluster, Sea of galaxies, Joe Hua