NGC 4631 + NGC 4656

Posted by Michael Bakich
on Thursday, January 8, 2009

by Brian Lula

 

The Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) and the Hockey Stick Galaxy (NGC 4656)

 

12-inch homemade Newtonian reflector at f/4, SBIG 6303E CCD camera, LRGB image with exposures of 80, 64, 64, and 64 minutes, respectively. 

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