• Coma Berenices Galaxy Cluster
    • NGC 4889
    Annotated image
  • The Coma Cluster, Abell 1656, is part of the Coma Supercluster.
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  • Date:  21 March 2025
  • FOV:  approximately 1° 51' × 1° 14'
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 flattener (714mm, f/7)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  ZWO AM5 mount
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI6200MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS
  • Pixel size:  3.76 μm
  • Resolution:  1.053 arcsec/pixel
  • Filter:  Optolong UV/IR cut
  • Stacking:  sixty-six 240 second frames using Pixinsight
  • Total Time:  4 hours and 36 minutes
  • Calibration:  20 flats, 20 dark flats, and 20 darks
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPCC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT,
  • GHS, HST, MStr, PixelMath MStr + GHS + HST → FinalView,
  • Sat, DynCrop/Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY