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Hockey Stick & Whale Galaxies
NGC 4656 & NGC 4631
Spiral Galaxies
Canes Venatici
NGC 4656: 17 million light years
NGC 4631: 24 million light years
NGC 4656: +9.5
NGC 4631: +8.9
NGC 4656: 6.5 arcminutes
NGC 4631:
14.5 arcminutes
NGC 4656: 32,000 light years
NGC 4631:
100,000 light years
1787, William Herschel
April
12h 43m 16s
+32º 24’ 55”
SkyWatcher Esprit 100ED
7 nights in April 2021
RGB = 18 x 600s each
L = 47 x 1200s
24 hours 40 minutes |
