Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4627  ·  NGC 4631  ·  NGC 4656  ·  NGC 4657  ·  Whale Galaxy
The Harpooned Whale and the Hockey Stick, Nadeem Shah
The Harpooned Whale and the Hockey Stick
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The Harpooned Whale and the Hockey Stick

The Harpooned Whale and the Hockey Stick, Nadeem Shah
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The Harpooned Whale and the Hockey Stick

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I took this image of the The Whale Galaxy (Caldwell 32).

In other images on the internet showed some Ha within the Galaxy, so I used my Optolong Dual L-Enhance filter to bring out the Ha formations.

Now it looks like the whale was harpooned.

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The Harpooned Whale and the Hockey Stick, Nadeem Shah