Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4567  ·  NGC 4568  ·  PGC 1391211  ·  PGC 169592  ·  PGC 169598  ·  PGC 169627  ·  PGC 42075  ·  Siamese Twins
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NGC 4567 and NGC 4568, 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew
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NGC 4567 and NGC 4568, 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew
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Acquisition details

Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 12×300(1h) bin 1×1
Green: 12×300(1h) bin 1×1
Lum: 76×300(6h 20′) bin 1×1
Red: 12×300(1h) bin 1×1
Integration:
9h 20′

RA center: 12h36m33s.741

DEC center: +11°1454.35

Pixel scale: 0.265 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 179.036 degrees

Field radius: 0.188 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 4250x2838

File size: 907.0 KB

Locations: e-Eye, Fregenal de la Sierra, Extramadura, Spain

Data source: Own remote observatory

Remote source: e-EyE Extremadura

Description

NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 - The Siamese Twin Galaxies - a pair of galaxies in the constellation Virgo. They are colliding and merging together, and are about 60 million light-years from Earth.

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NGC 4567 and NGC 4568, 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew

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