Possible galaxy cluster found

[jrastro]

While looking for a minor planet with the bradford robotic telescope, I saw a host of fuzzy spots looking a lot like images I have seen of galaxy clusters. It is centred around RA 00:43:53.00 DEC -08:17:45.00. Is it possible that someone could image the area with longer exposures than I had available?

P.S My equipment will not allow me to send an image, I'm afraid

[jrastro]

The cluster also appears (albeit much fainter) on the nasa dss; however, it seems they haven't noticed it.

[IanL]

Yes, lots of galaxies in a cluster around those coordinates.  Start your fun here:

http://cdsportal.u-strasbg.fr/#00:43:53.00%20-08:17:45.00

[dph1nm]

IC 48 is the brightest galaxy I think

NigelM

[jrastro]

Sorry In have not been on this thread for a while. Presumeably this is already known about by the IAU?

[dph1nm]

IC48 is a galaxy several arcminutes off your coordinate, so I am not sure if you are looking at that or not.  Seeing as you asked, here is a Pan-STARRS image of that region (centred exactly on your coordinate, roughly 12 arcminutes top to bottom, N at the top E to the left, probably goes to 22nd mag). There are a handful of very faint galaxies at your coords, but nothing I would say constituted a very exciting cluster.

NigelM

[IanL]

Sorry In have not been on this thread for a while. Presumeably this is already known about by the IAU?

Sorry to dissapoint you but everything that I could see in the area already has at least one catalogue entry.