NGC 6166 Galaxy Chain (Part of Abell 2199) (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Hercules (Her) · Contains: NGC 6166

Powered byPixInsight

NGC 6166 Galaxy Chain (Part of Abell 2199)

Powered byPixInsight

NGC 6166 Galaxy Chain (Part of Abell 2199)

This image captures a chain of 20 galaxies located 400 million light years away in the constellation of Hercules at a declination of +39 degrees.

This field of view, 1/3 of a degree wide, is the central region of the large 90 member galaxy cluster that is Abell 2199, which is 1.5 degrees wide in total. The largest and brightest galaxy in this chain is NGC 6166. It is surprising to me that NGC 6166 is the only NGC object in this field of view.

There is a lot going on with this elliptical galaxy. At the center is the bright quasar 3C 338. As you might expect, this galaxy is huge at a diameter of 250,000 light years, twice as large as our Milky Way. The 2 bright regions to the left of the core are 2 smaller elliptical galaxies.

Most of the galaxies in this image are about the same distance away as NGC 6166. It is easy to imagine NGC 6166 continuing to grow in size as it gobbles up the galaxies nearby.

Images from the EdgeHD Series
Unique or Unusal Deep Sky Targets
CMOS Imagers
Cloudy Nights
ZWO ASI294MM Pro Images
Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope (SCT) Imagers
Rarely Imaged Small DSOs
Texas Astronomy
Abell Galaxy Clusters

Abell Galaxy Cluster Catalog (27)
Galaxy Chains
Small Packages Catalog (Complete)

Please note: The following tables are updated every 24 hours.

Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	4962913
PixInsight job	WQ6QC8TFJKB7ZCOT93QLAMMP2X0MY8FN
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	n/a

RA (center)	16h28m42s.269
RA (top/left)	16h29m37s.230
RA (top/right)	16h27m49s.404
RA (bottom/right)	16h27m47s.713
RA (bottom/left)	16h29m34s.946

Dec (center)	+39°30′07″.10
Dec (top/left)	+39°37′17″.58
Dec (top/right)	+39°37′47″.86
Dec (bottom/right)	+39°22′55″.12
Dec (bottom/left)	+39°22′24″.89

Image Index:

Contribution Index (beta):

NGC 6166 Galaxy Chain (Part of Abell 2199)

NGC 6166 Galaxy Chain (Part of Abell 2199)

Equipment

Acquisition details

Description

Comments

Sky plot

Histogram

In these public groups

In these collections

		...
You have no new notifications.

Image Index:

Contribution Index (beta):

NGC 6166 Galaxy Chain (Part of Abell 2199)

NGC 6166 Galaxy Chain (Part of Abell 2199)

Equipment

Acquisition details

Description

Comments

Sky plot

Histogram

In these public groups

In these collections

Notifications

AstroBin is in READ ONLY mode

Sorry :-(

Sorry :-(

Sorry :-(

Are you really sure?

Warning!

Warning!

Are you sure?

Report abuse

Slideshow settings

IOTD/TP stats (last [x] days)

Distribution of astrophotographers

Distribution of subject types

Distribution of data sources

Sorry

Sorry

Share

Upload new revision

Upload uncompressed source (XISF/FITS/PSD/TIFF)

Delete image and all its revisions?

Delete original image?

Delete all other versions?

Delete all revisions?

IOTD/TP stats

The following people like this image

The following people bookmarked this image

Warning

Flag malfunctioning thumbnails

Contains

Remove yourself as a collaborator

Plate-solving information