Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4627  ·  NGC 4631  ·  NGC 4656  ·  NGC 4657
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The Whale and the Hockey Stick, Frank Kane
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The Whale and the Hockey Stick

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The Whale and the Hockey Stick

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"The Whale and the Hockey Stick" sounds like the title of a creative children's story - but they're a pair of galaxies about 30 million light-years away that look like, well, a whale and a hockey stick.

Imaged from a red zone under a fair amount of moonlight. Imaging galaxies during times you should never image galaxies makes me stronger

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The Whale and the Hockey Stick, Frank Kane