Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4627  ·  NGC 4631  ·  NGC 4656  ·  NGC 4657  ·  Whale Galaxy
NGC4631 (Whale galaxy) and NGC4656/57 (Hockey stick galaxy), Thomas
NGC4631 (Whale galaxy) and NGC4656/57 (Hockey stick galaxy)
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NGC4631 (Whale galaxy) and NGC4656/57 (Hockey stick galaxy)

NGC4631 (Whale galaxy) and NGC4656/57 (Hockey stick galaxy), Thomas
NGC4631 (Whale galaxy) and NGC4656/57 (Hockey stick galaxy)
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NGC4631 (Whale galaxy) and NGC4656/57 (Hockey stick galaxy)

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NGC4631 (Whale galaxy) - distance approx. 28 million lightyears

NGC4656/57 (Hockey stick galaxy) - distance approx. 30 million lightyears

Constellation: Canes Venatici

The first test of the TSCFAPO102 under darker sky conditions. This is also the first time I only used an UV/IR-cut filter for imaging. I like the peculiar shapes of this pair of interacting galaxies.

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NGC4631 (Whale galaxy) and NGC4656/57 (Hockey stick galaxy), Thomas