NGC4684

Rancho Del Sol Observatory · Camino, California

NGC4684 by Ken Crawford

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Image Equipment Details

  • RCOS 20" carbon truss - 100mm FFC
  • Paramount ME
  • Apogee Alta u9000
  • SBIG ST402 Guider
  • Astrodon MegaMoag
  • Astrodon 50mm Sq Filters

Exposure Details

  • Clear/ Lum = 420 minutes
  • Red = 100 minutes
  • Green = 100 minutes
  • Blue = 100 minutes
  • Ha = 0 minutes
  • OIII = 0 minutes
  • SII = 0 minutes

Software Used

  • MaxDL 5
  • CCDAutopilot 5
  • CCDStack2
  • Photoshop CS5

About this image


NGC4684 in Virgo is an elliptical galaxy only 2.8 x 1.1 arc/minutes in size. It shows strong evidence of mergers with minor satellite galaxies with a possible faint loop type star stream.

This image has been inverted and contrast enhanced to help display the possible star streams and other interaction features.

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