Abell 1656

Name: The Coma Cluster

Constellation:Coma Bernices

Instrument: 8-inch F5 reflector with sky watcher coma corrector and a ZWO ASI 2600MC (gain 100 -20C).

Exposure time: A stack of 40 three-minute exposures.

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: 8-inch F5 reflector with sky watcher coma corrector and a ZWO ASI 2600MC (gain 100 -20C). Exposure time: A stack of 40 three-minute exposures. 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.