Adam Block's Latest View of the Universe:
Virgo Galaxy Cluster
released 06/12/2021
Click the image below for a larger version. (VERY LARGE MOSAIC! 27MB JPEG)
See below for an annotated version as well.
See below for an annotated version as well.
Click image below for a VERY LARGE version (27Mb JPEG)
- Optics Pomenis Astrograph (Takahashi E-180 - Epsilon f2.8 180mm ED)
- Camera Apogee Alta F9000- 12um, 3056x3056 pixels
- Filters AstroDon Gen II
- Date April 2020
- Location Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, Arizona
- Exposures RGB = 5 : 5 : 5 Hours in each of 4 Frames
- Acquisition MYT Paramount, TheSkyX, ACP (DC3 Dreams), Maxim DL (Cyanogen)
- Processing PixInsight
- Credit Line & Copyright Adam Block /Steward Observatory/University of Arizona