Coma-Cluster Abell 1656 (central 18' fiel with 27")

[Uwe Glahn]

Last new moon I started an observing and sketching project of Abell 1656 with bigger aperture. After I tried to observe the cluster with 8" aperture (http://www.deepsky-visuell.de/Zeichnungen/Abell1656.htm) in the past, the 27" was on the row. The field shows nearly 60 galaxies up to approx 18bmag. Coolest detail was the faint edge-on on the back of NGC 4884.

27", 293x-586x, NELM 6m5+, Seeing II
http://www.deepsky-visuell.de/Zeichnungen/Abell1656_27.jpg
link to the homepage with invertible sketch (mouse over) (http://www.deepsky-visuell.de/Zeichnungen/Abell1656_27.htm)

[mdstuart]

Fabulous, thanks for sharing although it makes me want to get an upgrade from my 16 inch scope.

Mark

[Jimi Lowrey]

Awesome sketch Uwe.