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Photographer:
Nick Pavelchak
Location of Photo:
Altamont, NY
Date/Time of photo:
January, 2019
Equipment:
Celestron C14 Edge, AP900, Optec TCF, Astrodon LRGB, SBIG ST10XME
Description:
This is a section of the galaxy cluster Abell 426 in Perseus. It is about 250 million light-years away. The galaxy at the top of the picture is NGC 1275. While this object has an oval shape, we are actually looking at a spiral galaxy nearly edge-on as it emits gaseous filaments in multiple directions. NGC 1275 is also known as Perseus A and is a strong source of radio waves as well as X-rays from a black hole at its nucleus.
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