NGC4725

NGC4725 is another bright and large galaxy that should have made the "M" list! It is approximately mag 9.8 and a large 10.8'x7.6' size, which includes the wide sweeping but faint ccw arm. To the top right is NGC4712, a small mag 13.1 non-interacting galaxy. There is a surprising amount of detail in this small spiral. Many other faint galaxies dot the background of this 4725 image. This image was taken at Chiefland during the Spring Partyt with the 10" Newtonian.

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Image info:

10" Homemade Newtonian on a Losmandy Titan Mount

Starlight Express
SXV-H9C

30x4 mins

f/4 with MPCC

Acquired in Astroart and processed in Maxim as an RGB image (no darks and no flats)

guided with an STV on a piggybacked Sky90 refractor

4.7.05

Chiefland