| Classification: |
Sprial Galaxy / Edge-On |
| Constellation: |
Coma Berenices (COM) |
| Object Location: |
Ra 12h 22m 35s Dec +14° 30’15” (current) |
| Size & Distance: |
4298= 3.2x1.9, 4302= 5.3x1.0 Apx 55 Million light years. |
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| Date & Location: |
04-29-2017 Little Blair Valley, CA |
| Exposure: |
LRGB 94-60-60-60 L-7x13.3, RGB-4x15 (bin 1x1) |
| Optics: |
Telescope Engineering Company APO180FL @ f/5.23 using an Astro-Physics TCC160 F/L 941mm. |
| Mount: |
Astro-Physics 1200 GTOCP4 / ATS 10x36 pier |
| Camera: |
FLI-MLx694 @-30c / FLI CFW2-7 / FLI-Atlas focuser / Guided by SBIG ST-I / w OAG. |
| Filters: |
Astrodon G2 50mm LRGB |
| Software: |
MaxImDL 6.10, Photoshop CS5, CCDStack, Topaz Labs. |
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| Notes: |
Sky conditions: Fair seeing, No wind, Temp 50-40°
Cropped Image Field of view is 19.8 x 16.45 arcmin.
NGC 4298 (Face-on) and NGC 4302 (Edge-on) is a pair of galaxies in Coma-Berenices. They sit at about 55 million light-years and are part of the Virgo galaxy Cluster..
In the upper left corner sit two PGC Galaxies, PGC-40066 is 1.2 x 0.7, PGC-165108 the dim one is 0.5 x 0.3 arc-min.
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