Abell 1656

Name: The Coma Cluster

Constellation:Coma Bernices

Instrument: 6-inch F5 reflector with sky watcher coma corrector and a modified Nikon D3300.

Exposure time: A stack of 16 five-minute exposures at ISO 800.

Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html

			AP#57 : Abell 1656
			Name: The Coma Cluster Constellation:Coma Bernices Instrument: 6-inch F5 reflector with sky watcher coma corrector and a modified Nikon D3300. Exposure time: A stack of 16 five-minute exposures at ISO 800. Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html


	This target is not one specific galaxy but a cluster of them. There are over 1,000 galaxies recorded in this cluster. Most are elliptical in nature. Go to AP#58 NGC 4945 Return to AP100 main page.