Celebrating the Beauty of the Night Sky
MN
Whale Galaxy
NGC 4631
Also known as Caldwell 32, this galaxy is in Canes Venatici. It is viewed edge-on. The smudge just above it is the elliptical galaxy NGC 4627.


Viewing at 100%
The faint smudge just above NGC 4631 is the elliptical galaxy NGc 4627

All Images of Whale Galaxy
28 Mar 2017

Details:
Night of:Tuesday March 28, 2017
Site:Laguna Niguel
Local Time:11:30 PM | Mar 28, 2017
Altitude:65°
RA:12h 42m 08s
Declination:+32d 32' 29"
Distance:30 million light years
Magnitude:+9.8 mV
Size:15.5' x 2.7'
Camera Settings:
Telescope:9.25-SCT
Camera:Celestron NightScape + f/6.3 Reducer
f/ratio:f/6.3
Pixel Scale:1.45 arcsec
Image Size:997 x 783 pixels (0.8 MP)
24.1' x 18.9'
Exposure:30 sec
Stacked Frames:15
Total Integration:8 minutes
Post Processing:t-shirt flats
stacked in aa6
0 seconds to generate page

Hi Myke!|your privacy|about Myke Wolf
copyright © 2014 - 2024 Myke Wolf, all rights reserved

another Myke Wolf website!

Jup-Sat 2020