Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4731
NGC 4731 - A Virgo Galaxy, Fernando
NGC 4731 - A Virgo Galaxy
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NGC 4731 - A Virgo Galaxy

NGC 4731 - A Virgo Galaxy, Fernando
NGC 4731 - A Virgo Galaxy
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NGC 4731 - A Virgo Galaxy

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NGC 4731 is deformed galaxy located approximately 65 million light-years away in Virgo. The shape is possibly related to interaction from the larger elliptical NGC 4967 around a degree away.

Apparent magnitude is 11.5.

NGC4731 with a size of 6.6x4.2 arc minutes, has been stretched and ripped by a larger neighboring elliptical galaxy, NGC4697.

It looks like there is not too much information about this galaxy.

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Luminance: 30x1200sec

Red: 20x1200sec

Green: 20x600sec

Blue: 20x1200sec

Telescope: APO 120mm f/7

Camera: SX694

Flats, Bias and Darks applied

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NGC 4731 - A Virgo Galaxy, Fernando