NGC 4477, 4473, 4479 - 21.1.2023 at 03.23 Orimattila, Artjärvi, Tähtikallio Observation number 111812

Visibility III / V

Toni Veikkolainen, Keski-Uudenmaan Altair

A few galaxies caught the picture from the middle stages of the Markarian chain. The elliptical galaxy NGC 4473 and the bar-lens galaxies NGC 4477 are most clearly visible in the image. The smaller bar-lens galaxy NGC 4479 also stands out.

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Additional information

Observation target
- Deep space object
Designation
- NGC 4477, 4473, 4479
Constellation
- Coma Berenices
Field of view
31 arc minutes
Weather
- Yllättävän selkeää edelleen, Kuu horisontin alla, ei ongelmaa tuulesta

Darkness
- Good
Seeing
- Good
Limiting magnitude
- 6
Galaxies
- Elliptic galaxy
  
  Elliptic galaxy is an oval or roundish shaped distant stellar system, which have no spiral arms. These galaxies look as fuzzy spots with telescopes.
  
  The elliptic galaxy Centaurus A aka NGC 5128 in the middle of image is splitted by a dust lane. Image Toni Veikkolainen.
- Lenticular galaxy
  
  A lenticular galaxy is a type of galaxy intermediate between an elliptical and a spiral galaxy in galaxy morphological classification schemes

Technical information

Alluna RC16, C415/3320, Moravian G4-16000 EC Mark II, with filter L 11 x 30 s, 20 x bias, 20 x dark, 10 x flat, 3x binning, image cropped

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NGC 4477, 4473, 4479 - 21.1.2023 at 03.23 Orimattila, Artjärvi, Tähtikallio Observation number 111812