M85 and NGC 4394 (Frank Colosimo)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com) · Contains: IC 3292 · M 85 · NGC 4382 · NGC 4394

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M85 and NGC 4394

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M85 and NGC 4394

M85 (NGC 4382) is a lenticular or elliptical galaxy in Coma Berenices that lies about 60 million light-years away. NGC 4394 is nearby to the left in my image and is interacting with M85 and the faint galaxy to the right is IC 3292, a mag 14.8 spiral. M85 was low on my target priority list since at first glance it appeared to be a bland elliptical galaxy. In spite of the this first impression, you can see some interesting structure in this galaxy and the proximity of the other galaxies adds some additional interest.

Date: May-June 2014 processed Apr 17 2020

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics: Hyperion f/8 12.5 inch, FL 2540 mm

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera: Apogee U8300

Guiding: ST-402 on Innovations Foresight On-Axis Guider, SharpLock focusing method

Exposure: LRGB: L:15x10 min R:6x8 min, G:10x6 min, B:10x10 min for a total of 6 hrs. 41 subs avg 524 sec

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing with Photoshop.

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RA (center)	12h25m26s.899
RA (top/left)	12h26m21s.780
RA (top/right)	12h24m38s.906
RA (bottom/right)	12h24m32s.652
RA (bottom/left)	12h26m14s.975

Dec (center)	+18°11′56″.30
Dec (top/left)	+18°03′45″.33
Dec (top/right)	+18°01′48″.42
Dec (bottom/right)	+18°20′05″.71
Dec (bottom/left)	+18°22′02″.96

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