Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4627  ·  NGC 4631  ·  Whale Galaxy
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NGC4631 LRGB - The Whale Galaxy, andrea tasselli
NGC4631 LRGB - The Whale Galaxy
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NGC4631 LRGB - The Whale Galaxy

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NGC4631 LRGB - The Whale Galaxy, andrea tasselli
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NGC4631 LRGB - The Whale Galaxy

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NGC4631 always resembled to me a herring rather than a whale as in my imagination a whale always recalls Melville's Moby Dick and that ain't a Moby Dick. Be as it may, this is one of the few images that "survived" the lapse of the years unscathed, meaning that I didn't provide an upgraded data set in the following years, obviously being happy with the results. Looking the image anew however I felt the need for a make-over using the old data whilst collecting exposures for a new one entirely, as this galaxy deserves it in spades.

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NGC4631 LRGB - The Whale Galaxy, andrea tasselli