Name: The Whale(4631) and Hockey Stick(4656) galaxies

Constellation:Canes Venatici

Instrument: 8-inch F5 reflector with sky watcher coma corrector and a modified Nikon D3300.

Exposure time: A stack of 16 five-minute exposures at ISO 800.

Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html

  
 

Magnitude:

NGC 4631 - 9.8

NGC 4656 - 11.0

Angular size:

NGC 4631 - 15.5' X 2.7'

NGC 4656 - 12.9'

NGC 4631 is a large spiral galaxy with an irregular shape that gives it its name. The nearby dwarf galaxy (NGC 4627) is a companion and is sometimes referred to as the baby whale. NGC 4656 is a warped barred spiral galaxy the looks like a hockey stick. Both objects are larger than 10' and they form an interesting pair to image.

 

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