Jim Burnell's CCD Images - Hickson 53, 54 & Abell 1278 Clicking on the image will display a full-frame view.

 

Object: Hickson 53 & 54, Abell 1278	Compact Galaxy Groups & Galaxy Cluster	Const.: Leo
Camera: SXV-H9	Scope: Vixen R200SS	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block	Exposure: 24x4m	TeleVue Paracorr
Hickson Compact Groups 53 & 54 and Abell Galaxy Cluster 1278 in Leo. This image is a stack of 24 four minute exposures (for a total of 96 minutes) 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.

 

Object: Hickson 53 & 54, Abell 1278	Compact Galaxy Groups & Galaxy Cluster	Const.: Leo
Camera: SXV-H9	Scope: Vixen R200SS	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block	Exposure: 24x4m	TeleVue Paracorr
Hickson Compact Groups 53 & 54 and Abell Galaxy Cluster 1278 in Leo. This image is the same image as above, with the black point dropped down to the noise floor to show up the myriad of faint background galaxies that fill this field.

 

This map shows the region around Hickson Compact Groups 53 & 54 and Abell Galaxy Cluster 1278 in Leo. It corresponds closely with the images above. It was created using MegaStar 5.