Abell 1656, The Coma Galaxy Cluster
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.