Ruud de Vries - Dutch Backyard Astrophotography

Fighting light pollution.....

Abell 426, Perseus cluster

The Perseus cluster (Abell 426) is a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Perseus. It has a recession speed of 5,366 km/s and a diameter of 863′. It is one of the most massive objects in the known universe, containing thousands of galaxies immersed in a vast cloud of multimillion-degree gas. Read more.


Abell 426

Telescope
Esprit 120ED APO Triplet
Camera
Atik one 6.0
Mount
Skywatcher Eq6-R
Flattener
TSFlat2,5
Guiding camera
Starlight Xpress Lodestar
OAG
TS 2" Off Axis Guider
Exposure
46 * 300 sec L, 10 * 300 sec RGB