Abell 426 is a huge galaxy cluster which belongs to the Perseus-Pisces supercluster. It is placed in the constellation of Perseus near Algol (beta Per), far (about 250 million light-years)250 million light-years) behind many faint foreground stars of our own galaxy. It's central cD galaxy NGC 1275 is a strong source of x-rays and radio emission.
I really like such a view with plenty of galaxies...

Optics:       NoName Newton 192/800
                   +GPU c.c.
Camera:    Atik One 6
Filters:        LRGB Baader
Mount:      SW AZEQ-5
Guider:       Lacerta MGEN
Exposure:  108x5 min. (L)
                       28x5 min. (R, G, B each), bin 2x2
Software:  PixInsight, Photoshop
12.-15. 10. 2018

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