Type |
Location |
r.a. |
dec. |
Size |
Magnitude |
Distance |
Galaxy |
Virgo |
12h59.5 |
+14°10' |
6.5' x 1.5' |
11 |
80Mly |
NGC 4866 is a spiral galaxy about
80 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.
The very dim object towards right is UGC 08091, an irregular galaxy supposed to
be a distant member of the local group at a distance of about 5 million light
years.
A few very distant galaxies are also visible on this image.

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Date |
Telescope |
Binning |
Exp Time (s) |
Special processing |
Notes |
May 17, 2020 |
Centurion
18" |
L 1:1
RGB 3:1 |
L 3x300
RGB 300 |
LRGB, Max Entropy, DDP |
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