IC1262 Cluster of Galaxies (Vitali)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Hercules (Her) · Contains: HD159672 · HD159755 · IC 1262 · IC 1263 · IC 1264 · PGC 2223529 · PGC 2224497 · PGC 2227272 · PGC 2227392 · PGC 2228599 · PGC 2229034 · PGC 2229100 · PGC 2229905 · PGC 2230731 · PGC 2231056 · PGC 2231222 · PGC 2231366 · PGC 2231952 · PGC 2232689 · PGC 2232759 · PGC 60485 · PGC 60494 · PGC 60505

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IC1262 Cluster of Galaxies

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IC1262 Cluster of Galaxies

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IC1262 is a central elliptical galaxy in a small cluster of galaxies about 420 million light years away. The apparent size of IC1262 is approximately 3 arcmins, so it is about 380 thousand light years across, bigger than the Andromeda Galaxy. A member of this group IC1263 has an interesting form. There are also a couple of nice spiral galaxies.

The data was gathered at PixelSkies observatory.

Revision C is a comparison between my home in Rommelshausen (Bortle 6) and PixelSkies remote observatory in Castillejar (Bortle 2-3). Intergration time is about 3 hours for both images. Both images were taken with exactly same equipment (scope, camera, mount, etc). The Bortle 6 image even has a bit more integration time. Both images have been auto-stretched in PixInsight.

The image from the dark sky location is obviously much deeper, but I was positively surprised by the result when I first saw it

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RA (center)	17h33m01s.700
RA (top/left)	17h34m24s.360
RA (top/right)	17h31m38s.750
RA (bottom/right)	17h31m38s.343
RA (bottom/left)	17h34m22s.709

Dec (center)	+43°42′44″.50
Dec (top/left)	+43°56′25″.65
Dec (top/right)	+43°56′37″.97
Dec (bottom/right)	+43°28′59″.99
Dec (bottom/left)	+43°28′47″.85

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