Wednesday, July 31, 2019

solved the image

Ran the galaxy cluster through Astrometry.net.

annotated image of Abell 2151 shot

Over 20 identified objects...

Astrometry.net link: Abell 2151.

Centre (RA, hms): 16h 05m 37.559s
Centre (Dec, dms): +17° 46' 21.243"
Size: 47.8 x 31.8 arcmin
Pixel scale: 0.737 arcsec/pixel

From the plate solving and SkyTools 3 Pro (and some help from Aladin), I have identified the following objects:

IC 1188 / PGC 57127 and LEDA 1533342
IC 1173
MCG 3-41-80
IC 1181
IC 1178 / Arp 178
IC 1193
IC 1185
IC 1194
LEDA 84742
IC 1192
IC 1184 (Aladin says this is a star)
NGC 6054 or IC 1183
MCG 3-41-99
IC unknown / LEDA 1541356
IC 1182
IC 1179
NGC 6050 / Arp 272
NGC 6047
NGC 6039 (ST3) or 6042 (Aladin)
NGC 6041
IC 1170
NGC 6043
NGC 6044
IC ????
NGC 6045 / Arp 71
PGC 57131
NGC 6056
IC ????
MCG 3-41-112
NGC 6057
IC 1171 / LEDA 1546800
NGC 6055
IC 1180 / PGC 57057
IC 1175

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And here's the snapshot from SkyTools.

screen snap centred on Abell 2151

There are quasars within the frame but I can't identify them in the digital frame given the noise.

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