Lately I've been compiling my notes of all the objects I've observed on the RASC Deep Sky Challenge list into one log book. THere are several that I want to include sketches of and didn't the first time I observed them. This incredibly rich cluster of galaxies in Coma Berenices is one of those objects.

On the night of April 3, 2008 I revisited Abell 1656 using my f/5 12.5" dob. This is how it looked to me at 107X magnification through a 17mm T4 Nagler. The FOV is approximately 0.75 degrees. I haven't actually counted the number of galaxies I was seeing but if it isn't an actual dot, then it's a galaxy. I highly recommend observing this to anyone with access to a decent sized scope.