Type |
Location |
r.a. |
dec. |
Size |
Magnitude |
Distance |
Galaxy cluster |
Hercules |
16h05.1 |
+17°43' |
|
14 |
500 Mly |
The Hercules cluster (also called Abell 2151) is a cluster of
about 200 galaxies about 500 million light years away in the constellation
Hercules.
On this image, only 10 members have NGC numbers (see finder
chart below):
NGC 6040, NGC 6041, NGC 6042, NGC 6043, NGC 6044, NGC 6045, NGC 6047, NGC 6050,
NGC 6054, NGC 6056.

Finder chart:

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Date |
Telescope |
Binning |
Exp Time (s) |
Special processing |
Notes |
May 19, 2020 |
Centurion
18" |
L 1:1
RGB 3:1 |
L 3x300
RGB 300 |
LRGB, Max Entropy, DDP |
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