Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4627  ·  NGC 4631  ·  Whale Galaxy
NGC4631 - 20230526 - Equinox 2, altazastro
NGC4631 - 20230526 - Equinox 2
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NGC4631 - 20230526 - Equinox 2

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
NGC4631 - 20230526 - Equinox 2, altazastro
NGC4631 - 20230526 - Equinox 2
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NGC4631 - 20230526 - Equinox 2

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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The so called Whale Galaxy is rather well defined in this picture, also visible is its neigbor NGC4627 of magnitude 13, and, as a very small vertical smudge near the top right corner, also a galaxy that probably is PGC100707 (size 0.9'x0.5' and mag 16.6) can be barely glimpsed.

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NGC4631 - 20230526 - Equinox 2, altazastro

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Broadband under Bortle 7/8/9