Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4839  ·  NGC 4874  ·  NGC 4889
Thousands of Billions - Abell 1656, The Coma Cluster, Graeme Coates
Thousands of Billions - Abell 1656, The Coma Cluster
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Thousands of Billions - Abell 1656, The Coma Cluster

Thousands of Billions - Abell 1656, The Coma Cluster, Graeme Coates
Thousands of Billions - Abell 1656, The Coma Cluster
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Thousands of Billions - Abell 1656, The Coma Cluster

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Abell 1656 - The Coma Cluster is a large cluster of galaxies in the direction of Coma Berenices, containing upwards of 1000 identified galaxy members at an average distance of about 320 million light years (99Mpc). This a wide field view of the cluster - there are 84 entries in the NGC/IC catalogues in this field alone, as well as a further 838 objects in the PGC/LEDA catalogue. Much to my surprise, there's also one PN (PK049+88.1, disc. G Haro, 1951 (https://doi.org/10.1086/126345)) - but it's definitely far too small to be resolved and appears stellar in nature (even with a *much* larger scope!).

Worth having a look at the enlarged image to explore the background!

Image acquisition: P Tribe, G Coates

Processsing: G Coates

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Thousands of Billions - Abell 1656, The Coma Cluster, Graeme Coates

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