Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3949  ·  IC 4051  ·  NGC 4848  ·  NGC 4860  ·  NGC 4874  ·  NGC 4881  ·  NGC 4889  ·  NGC 4895  ·  NGC 4907  ·  NGC 4908  ·  NGC 4911  ·  NGC 4919  ·  NGC 4921  ·  NGC 4927
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Coma Galaxy Cluster, Marcus Wienecke
Coma Galaxy Cluster
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Coma Galaxy Cluster

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Coma Galaxy Cluster, Marcus Wienecke
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Coma Galaxy Cluster

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I made this Image Serie with the ONTC 10 inch Newton f4 and the Asi294mm Pro in d 1x1 Full Resolution Mode with 48MP. Thousands of galaxies pack into the Coma Cluster, one of the densest known galactic groupings in the universe. Located in the constellation Coma Berenices, this region of sky is best viewed in April and May from the Northern Hemisphere. Also known as Abell 1656, the Coma Cluster spans 20 million light-years and is filled with galaxies of all shapes and sizes, from giant ellipticals to dwarf galaxies.
The central part of the Coma Cluster of galaxies covers a roughly circular area about 1 1/2 a degree across (nine times the area of a full moon, which is about 1/2 a degree across). The full cluster may extend farther, and numerous other galaxy clusters are in the same area of the sky.

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Coma Galaxy Cluster, Marcus Wienecke