Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  6 Com  ·  Coma Pinwheel  ·  IC 3077  ·  IC 3080  ·  IC 3093  ·  IC 3094  ·  IC 3096  ·  IC 3099  ·  IC 3105  ·  IC 3142  ·  IC 3149  ·  IC 3157  ·  IC 3238  ·  IC 3258  ·  IC 3280  ·  IC 3311  ·  IC 3327  ·  IC 3340  ·  IC 3344  ·  IC 3349  ·  IC 3355  ·  IC 3363  ·  IC 3365  ·  IC 3382  ·  IC 3388  ·  IC 3392  ·  IC 3393  ·  IC 3409  ·  IC 775  ·  IC 781  ·  And 728 more.
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M99, M100, Kemble Cascade Mosaic, Roland Christen
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M99, M100, Kemble Cascade Mosaic

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M99, M100, Kemble Cascade Mosaic, Roland Christen
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M99, M100, Kemble Cascade Mosaic

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Description

Cluster of galaxies in Coma Berenices. 2 part mosaic. Lots of very faint galaxies with some very strange shapes

Telescope:  AP 110 GTX with F5 TCC
Mount:        AP 1600 Encoder mount
Camera:      ZWO 6200 MM Pro
Filter:           ZWO Luminance
Exposure:   Left half 19 x 300 sec, right half 45 x 300 sec
Software:    MaximDL, Photoshop, Croman NoiseX

Test image using 110 scope with TCC.
Transparency:  hazy skies, moist air from ocean
Seeing:  average

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M99, M100, Kemble Cascade Mosaic, Roland Christen