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Abell 1656 Galaxy Cluster Mouse-over

This will flip back and forth between my image and a labeled frame from "The Sky" astronomy software as you move your mouse over the image and back again. Note my image shows a number of galaxies and stars not labeled, since only the brightest are identified in "The Sky's" frame.

Image details: 38*5 = 190 min, or about 3 hours total exposure, March 2009 from the Davis Mountains, TX, USA.  Takahashi TOA 130  Telescope (a 5" APO refractor telescope with reducer), AP 900GTO mount, QHY8 CCD CameraOther pictures from the camera are are here.  Images processed using my Astronomy Image Processing Workflow


Abell Galaxy Cluser 1060

17*5 = 85 minutes, March 2009 from the Davis Mountains, TX, USA.  Takahashi TOA 130  Telescope (a 5" APO refractor telescope with reducer), AP 900GTO mount, QHY8 CCD CameraOther pictures from the camera are are here.  Images processed using my Astronomy Image Processing Workflow

 

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