Coma Galaxy Cluster
This deep galaxy field was captured in February 2012 at Fremont Peak, CA using my refractor telescope. Although the Coma Galaxy Cluster is a fairly popular target, I was still amazed just how deep this galaxy field was, and how much the little refractor revealed.
Click here to see annotated version including some distances and apparent magnitudes.
Using TheSkyX Pro software to aid the location of these galaxies, I sourced some distant galaxies that must reside far outside the main Coma Cluster. According to their redshift and radial velocity, I found some more than a billion light years away! There are several more in the image, but I positively identified at least 2.
AP130 GT f/6.3
AP900GTO
Parsec 8300M
13 x 15 minutes L, 4 x 15 min each RGB