This cluster is a vast factor of ~ 3,000,000,000,000,000,000 times more distant than the meteors in the pictures below. It was taken on the newly driven 20" telescope in my usual way. It is centred on NGC 7242, a 12th magnitude galaxy, 2½ arc minutes across, the rest being about 15 or 16th magnitude and there is even an unlabelled 17th magnitude fuzzy spot (beneath the '72' of the label 7240), PGC 68416. There are a few other galaxies around this area, which is a small way South of the star 1 Lacertae, and I thought I'd get a quick pic while it was passing overhead.
Monday, 23 August 2010
Distant galaxy cluster
This cluster is a vast factor of ~ 3,000,000,000,000,000,000 times more distant than the meteors in the pictures below. It was taken on the newly driven 20" telescope in my usual way. It is centred on NGC 7242, a 12th magnitude galaxy, 2½ arc minutes across, the rest being about 15 or 16th magnitude and there is even an unlabelled 17th magnitude fuzzy spot (beneath the '72' of the label 7240), PGC 68416. There are a few other galaxies around this area, which is a small way South of the star 1 Lacertae, and I thought I'd get a quick pic while it was passing overhead.
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