Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4627  ·  NGC 4631  ·  NGC 4656  ·  NGC 4657  ·  Whale Galaxy
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NGC 4631 Whale galaxy and friends, Larry S
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NGC 4631 Whale galaxy and friends

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NGC 4631 Whale galaxy and friends

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Some galaxies in Hunting Dogs constellation. The larger ones are NGC 4631 Whale (upper left) and NGC 4656 (some call Hockey Stick). Whale is an enormous spiral galaxy seen edge on. It has a center of intense star formation generating a "super wind" of ionized gas.

NGC 4627 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy near 4631. NGC 4657 is interacting with 4656.

These galaxies are 25-30 million light years away.

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NGC 4631 Whale galaxy and friends, Larry S

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