Fornax Galaxy Cluster
Fornax Galaxy Cluster: After the famous Virgo Cluster this cluster of Galaxies is the second largest in a neighbourhood of approx. 100 Mio LY to us. It lies in a distance of about 60 Mio LY in the constellation of Fornax. The image shows the central part of the group.
The brightest group galaxy is NGC 1399 at the bottom of this image, the most attractive one the beautiful spiral of NGC 1365 at the top.
Many spiral and elliptical galaxies of different orientations and shapes can be detected in this image , especially in the Hi Res.
Object |
Fornax Galaxy Cluster |
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Catagory |
Galaxies |
Designation |
Fornax Cluster |
Constellation |
Fornax |
Optics |
TMB 130 f/6 with Field Flattener |
Camera |
SBIG STL 11000M with internal CFW 5 |
Exposure |
5 x 10min, 3 x 10min each Baader LRGB filter set. Maxim DL for image acquisition |
Calibration |
Dark + Flat Frame |
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Guiding |
Selfguiding, Maxim DL as aquisition software |
Mount |
Astro-Physics 900 GTO |
Processing |
Maxim DL5, Photoshop. Color Code LRGB |
Location, Date |
Somerset West, South Africa - 14 Nov 2010 |
Remark |
A spider cross in front of the objective lens has been used for this image |
