Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  PGC 138140  ·  PGC 138141  ·  PGC 138142  ·  PGC 714563  ·  PGC 714744  ·  PGC 714798  ·  PGC 714841  ·  PGC 714931  ·  PGC 715196  ·  PGC 715441  ·  PGC 715555  ·  PGC 715809  ·  PGC 715840  ·  PGC 715841  ·  PGC 715850  ·  PGC 715961  ·  PGC 716017  ·  PGC 716075  ·  PGC 716140  ·  PGC 716240  ·  PGC 716265  ·  PGC 716310  ·  PGC 716485  ·  PGC 716552  ·  PGC 716678  ·  PGC 717032  ·  PGC 717060  ·  PGC 717234  ·  PGC 717318  ·  PGC 717438  ·  And 16 more.
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Pandora's Cluster   Abell 2744, Roland Christen
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Pandora's Cluster Abell 2744

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Pandora's Cluster Abell 2744

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Description

Located in the constellation Sculptor, the giant galaxy cluster is about 4 million light-years across and has the mass of 4 trillion suns.
The Pandora's cluster is in the center 15% of the image.

Telescope:  Astro-Physics 305 F8 Maksutov Cassegrain
Imaging Camera:  ZWO ASI 6200MM Pro
Mount:  Astro-Physics 1600AE encoder mount
Filter: Chroma Luminance, 50mm square
Software:   MaximDL 6, Adobe Photoshop, Russell Croman NoiseXterminator, BlurX
Exposure:  24x300 second exposure
Location: Astro-Physics Remote telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile

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Pandora's Cluster   Abell 2744, Roland Christen