Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 3578  ·  NGC 4567  ·  NGC 4568  ·  Siamese Twins
NGC4567 - Butterfly Galaxies, Mark Spruce
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NGC4567 - Butterfly Galaxies

NGC4567 - Butterfly Galaxies, Mark Spruce
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NGC4567 - Butterfly Galaxies

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NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 (nicknamed the Siamese Twins or the Butterfly Galaxies) are a set of spiral galaxies about 60 million light-years away in Virgo. They were both discovered by William Herschel in 1784. They are in the process of colliding and merging with each other.

Taken with reasonable guiding but poor seeing conditions using a Skywatcher clear sky filter

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NGC4567 - Butterfly Galaxies, Mark Spruce

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