Observation by Adam Rawlinson: NGC4725

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Adam Rawlinson

Observer

Adam Rawlinson

Observed

2023 Apr 19 - 23:30

Uploaded

2023 Apr 20 - 11:38

Objects

NGC4725
NGC4747

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Constellation

Coma Berenices

Field centre

RA: 12^h50^m
Dec: +25°29'
Position angle: -54°11'

Field size

1°11' × 0°57'

Equipment

Primalucelab Airy 90
Starlight xpress SX694C
Sky watcher EQAZ6 pier mounted

Exposure

3250sec

Location

Sandhurst UK

Target name

NGC4725

Title

NGC4725

About this image

Grabbed this just before the dreaded meridian flip.

Some nice detail on NGC4725 has come out, as well as the associated galaxies near by.

NGC4747 is interesting, it is obviously distorted and if the contrast is stretched there is material spread out to the lower left as seen in this image.

(edit) Have looked it up and NGC4747 is generally thought to be displaying tidal interaction with the much more massive NGC4725 which also (again with contrast stretched) appears to display some minor a deflection in one the arms in the direction of NGC4747. They are both in the region of 12.5Mpc from us in the Coma galaxy.

The third galaxy seen here is NGC 4712 it is much further away according to Simbad this is circa 60Mpc making this a line of sight relation only. If you look closely there are other faint fizzies here too. Need to trawl the UGC for those I expect.

Files associated with this observation

NGC4725_3250s_20230419.jpg (1.8 MB)

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