Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4535
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NGC 4535 The Lost Galaxy of Copeland, dkuchta5
NGC 4535 The Lost Galaxy of Copeland
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NGC 4535 The Lost Galaxy of Copeland

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NGC 4535 The Lost Galaxy of Copeland, dkuchta5
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NGC 4535 The Lost Galaxy of Copeland

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This is NGC 4535, also known as the “Lost Galaxy of Copeland”. There’s no interesting tale behind the name. It’s simply a whimsical name given to it by amateur astronomer Leland Copeland in the 1950’s because he thought it looked ghostly and lost.

It was challenging to get this image as I was fighting poor seeing and the smoke from the Canadian fires. Normally, I’d be able to get better resolution than this but I was limited by the conditions.

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NGC 4535 The Lost Galaxy of Copeland, dkuchta5