Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4244
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NGC 4244 - Silver Needle, starfield
NGC 4244 - Silver Needle
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NGC 4244 - Silver Needle

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NGC 4244 - Silver Needle, starfield
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NGC 4244 - Silver Needle

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This is an interesting galaxy in that it doesn't have the normal bulge in the middle. Located in Canes Venatici, it seems to get less love than the other Needle, NGC 4265. A challenging target from my Bortle 7 skies, I decide to push my short sub approach and kept exposures to 60 sec.   Between my short FL and the LP felt like I was really pushing things here.   I didn't shoot this in bin 1 (wish I did) but did run a 2X drizzle on the data. Here's what I ended up with 205 frames Lum and 60 frames each RGB. All shot at bin1, 60 seconds.   This shot is cropped down from the original.

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NGC 4244 - Silver Needle, starfield