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Coma Cluster, John Bozeman

Coma Cluster

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Coma Cluster, John Bozeman

Coma Cluster

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The Coma Cluster (Abell 1656) is a large cluster of galaxies that contains over 1,000 identified galaxies. Along with the Leo Cluster (Abell 1367), it is one of the two major clusters comprising the Coma Supercluster. It is located in and takes its name from the constellation Coma Berenices. The cluster's mean distance from Earth is 99 Mpc (321 million light years). Its ten brightest spiral galaxies have apparent magnitudes of 12–14 that are observable with amateur telescopes larger than 20 cm. The central region is dominated by two supergiant elliptical galaxies: NGC 4874 and NGC 4889. The cluster is within a few degrees of the north galactic pole on the sky. Most of the galaxies that inhabit the central portion of the Coma Cluster are ellipticals. Both dwarf and giant ellipticals are found in abundance in the Coma Cluster.

Data from the Hubble Space Telescope MAST Pipeline. Release date: 2014-01-30

Camera: ACS

Color Mapped:

Red-F814W
Green-F475W
Blue-F475W

Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2022.

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Coma Cluster, John Bozeman