Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4627  ·  NGC 4631  ·  Whale Galaxy
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The Cosmic Whale, Ian Gorin
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NGC 4631 is an edge-on Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici. It goes through an active star formation in it's Center that can be seen as ionized hydrogen imaged through HA filter and mapped red and orange on the image. It is actively interacting with a Dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 4627.

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The Cosmic Whale, Ian Gorin