Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4627  ·  NGC 4631
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NGC4631 the whale galaxy, Stephen Armen
NGC4631 the whale galaxy
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NGC4631 the whale galaxy

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NGC4631 the whale galaxy, Stephen Armen
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NGC4631 the whale galaxy

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NGC4631 known as the whale galaxy in Canes Venatici is a beautiful edge on spiral estimated 25 Million light years distant. This is an LRGB image. There are many (H2) star forming regions evident.

L: 21x600s 1x1

R,G,B: 12 each 300s 1x1

Captured over three nights.

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NGC4631 the whale galaxy, Stephen Armen

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