Designation:
NGC4631
Date:
May 19th, 2018
Camera:
Canon EOS 7D Mark II ( unmodified )
Optics:
Sky-Watcher ED120mm Doublet
Focal Length:
900 mm
Exposure:
33 x 300sec.
ISO:
800
Mount:
Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding:
Orion Star Shoot Auto Guider
Software:
Adobe Photoshop, DSS, Astroflat
Notes:
The Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) at centre is a big beautiful spiral galaxy seen edge-on, only 25 million light-years away.
The distorted hockey stick-shaped galagy NGC 4656, at top suggest they have had close encounters with each other in their past.