Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4712  ·  NGC 4725
NGC 4725, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 4725

NGC 4725, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 4725

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NGC 4725 is a magnitude 10.1 barred spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. It has an apparent size of 11 x 8 arc minutes, and is estimated to be 40 million light years away. NGC 4712 is the smaller galaxy to the left.

Imaging data:

Date: May 21,30,31 2009 Processed Dec 2018

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics: Meade LX200R-14 at f/7.9 28llmm

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera/Filters: Apogee Alta U8300 FLI CFW-2-7 FLI Filters

Guiding: Unguided

Exposure: Luminance: 32x4 minutes binned 2x2, R:17x4 min G:11x4 min B:18x4 min all binned 3x3 for a total of 5.2 hours - 78 subs at an avg 240 sec

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing using Photoshop.

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NGC 4725, Frank Colosimo

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