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NGC 4536 and 4527, Stephen Duffy

NGC 4536 and 4527

NGC 4536 and 4527, Stephen Duffy

NGC 4536 and 4527

Description

Shown at top in this image, NGC 4536 was first discovered by William Herschel in 1784. Lying roughly 50 million light years away in the constellation of Virgo NGC 4536 is not part of the main Virgo group of galaxies but is part of the Virgo II subgroups, in this case part of the group containing M61. NGC 4536 appears to be undergoing some form of starburst, although there is no obvious interacting galaxy. It is classified as SAB(rs)bc.

Just below it is the edge on galaxy NGC 4533 which shines magnitude 13.8. It was discovered by Tempel in 1877.

At bottom is the bright edge on spiral NGC 4527 (also discovered by William Herschel).

If you look closely, there are several other tiny galaxies scattered about. All these galaxies are receding from us at about 0.6% of light speed.

Taken from Santa Rosa CA, May 2020

Mount: Paramount MYT, Scope: TEC 140, Camera: QSI683

L: R: G: B = 9h: 2.5h: 2.5h: 2.5h:

Reprocessed March 2023

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NGC 4536 and 4527, Stephen Duffy