Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4627  ·  NGC 4631  ·  NGC 4656  ·  NGC 4657
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The Whale and the Crowbar

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The Whale (NGC 4631) and the Crowbar (NGC 4656) is a pair of galaxies in Canes Venatici. NGC 4631 is an edge on spiral galaxy while the outline of NGC 4645 is supposed to be the result of a gravitational interaction between two galaxies.

Pentax K3II and TS Photoline 130/910 mm apo.

38 x 300s at ISO 400

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