AP#54 : NGC 4725
Name: The "Tie Fighter" galaxy
Constellation:Coma Bernices
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: 10.1
Angular size: 9.8' X 6.8'
NGC 4725 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy with ring structure surrounding it. The ring structure is a star forming region and gives it the name because it looks like Darth Vader's tie fighter from "A new hope". The galaxy is just under the 10' of arc limit but the appearance of the galaxy results in it being placed on the list.
