Day 56 Count the galaxies in the Coma Cluster
Yesterday I imaged part of the Coma Cluster (Abell 1656) using the T11 telescope in New Mexico.
There are hundreds of galaxies in this image - the full cluster contains over 1000. I solved the plate to illustrate this - the image below shows the chart and image superimposed. Each red oval represents a galaxy.
When you consider how huge each galaxy is in relation to our tiny planet it makes you think....