Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4627  ·  NGC 4631  ·  NGC 4656  ·  NGC 4657  ·  Whale Galaxy
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NGC  4631 and  NGC 4656, Roger Menard
NGC  4631 and  NGC 4656
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NGC 4631 and NGC 4656

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NGC  4631 and  NGC 4656, Roger Menard
NGC  4631 and  NGC 4656
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NGC 4631 and NGC 4656

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I imaged NGC 4631 the previous night with 11 inch SCT. On this night I imaged a wider field of view to capture both NGC 4631 and NGC 4656. I used a 5 inch refractor (Stellarvue 130).  NGC 4656 is a highly warped barred spiral galaxy close to the Whale galaxy (NCGC 4631) in Canes Venatici. It is sometimes called the Hockey Stick or Crowbar galaxy due to it's distorted feature.

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NGC  4631 and  NGC 4656, Roger Menard