Pegasus II Galaxy Cluster
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