Pegas­us II Galaxy Cluster

Pegasus II Cluster of Galaxies Astrophotography Martin Rusterholz

Pegas­us II Cluster of Galax­ies is a group of galax­ies with three bright mem­bers and about 50 to 60 faint­er galax­ies in con­stel­la­tion Pisces. In the cen­ter, we see NGC 7501 (mag 13.6), NGC 7499 (below) and NGC 7503 (upper left). NGC 7501 was dis­covered on Septem­ber 2, 1864 by the astro­nomer Albert Marth and lies about 570 mil­lion light-years away.

North is at about 2 o’c­lock in this image.

[descrip­tion from Wikipedia]

Details

Tele­scope:
RCOS 14.5″ f/​8
Mount:
ASA DDM85
Cam­era:
Apo­gee U16M/​CG16M
Fil­ters:
Astro­don Gen2
Expos­ure:
LRGB 2000:480:520:500 min.
Loc­a­tion:
ROSA Remote Obser­vat­or­ies South­ern Alps
Author:
© Mar­tin Ruster­holz, Astrophotographer

Find­er Chart Pegas­us II Cluster

Pegasus II Cluster of Galaxies Sky Chart Astrophotography Martin Rusterholz

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About Me

Hello, my name is Martin Rusterholz. I’m a Swiss amateur astrophotographer living near Zurich, the biggest town in Switzerland. My interest in astronomy started when I was 16. At that time, I built my first Newtonian telescope and mount. I studied physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) which was the only study including at least some aspects of astronomy and astrophysics. “Looking at the nights sky is an experience touching everybody deeply inside, something common to all human beings independent to the language spoken by the individuals”. Deep-sky astrophotography is my passion.

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