NGC 4647 is an intermediate spiral galaxy estimated to be around 63 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo.
NGC 4647 is an intermediate spiral galaxy estimated to be around 63 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784. NGC 4647 is listed along with Messier 60 as being part of a pair of galaxies called Arp 116; their designation in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. The galaxy is located on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster.
[Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4647]
| Exposure | 5@1200 sec + 3@300 sec | |||
| ISO | 800 | |||
| Camera | Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504] | |||
| Optics | Skywatcher Esprit 120mm Refractor, 840 mm focal length | |||
| Filter | Triad Quad Ultra | |||
| Guiding | Phd2 using a ZWO 224MC on an Orion 60x240mm Guide scope | |||
| Controller | Images taken using Kstars on an Odroid-N2 (Raspberry Pi clone) | |||
| Location | Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. | |||
| Date | 2022-05-02 | |||
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