NGC 4631 A Whale in the Cosmic Ocean (Alberto Pisabarro)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: NGC 4627 · NGC 4631 · PGC 100706 · PGC 100707 · PGC 1987386 · PGC 2003430 · PGC 2832120 · PGC 3088767 · PGC 42413 · PGC 42772 · Whale Galaxy

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NGC 4631 A Whale in the Cosmic Ocean

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NGC 4631 also known as The Whale Galaxy, located in the constellation Canes Venatici, it is estimated that between 25 and 30 million light years separate it from us. Observing it edge-on gives us the feeling of seeing the silhouette of a whale, the tail would be to our right in this image, curiously, like a whale, this galaxy floats through intergalactic space. NGC 4627 the small elliptical galaxy that we can see in the image just above NGC-4631 is one of the galaxies guilty of deforming this galaxy due to gravitational interaction, proof of this is that the nucleus of the galaxy is displaced to one side.

It has been acquired from the remote observatory Deep Sky West in Rowe New Mexico, where my dear friends and fellow fans Jim Y Linda Powell has hosted and pilot a great team.
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RA (center)	12h41m56s.81
RA (top/left)	12h42m59s.34
RA (top/right)	12h39m07s.68
RA (bottom/right)	12h40m55s.16
RA (bottom/left)	12h44m45s.14

Dec (center)	+32°33′51″.1
Dec (top/left)	+33°09′24″.5
Dec (top/right)	+32°46′51″.7
Dec (bottom/right)	+31°58′15″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+32°20′36″.4

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