Jim Burnell's CCD Images - Abell 2162 Clicking on the image will display a high resolution view.

 

Object: Abell 2162	Galaxy Cluster	Const.: Corona Borealis
Camera: SXV-H9	Scope: Vixen R200SS	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block	Exposure: 12x8m	TeleVue Paracorr
Abell 2162, a galaxy cluster in Corona Borealis. This image is a stack of 12 eight minute exposures using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian equipped with a Paracorr. The exposures were calibrated, defect-corrected and stacked using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1392x1040.