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| Classification: |
Spiral galaxy, NGC4395 |
| Constellation: |
Canes Venatici (CVN) |
| Object Location: |
Ra 12h 26m 36s Dec +33° 27’40” (current) |
| Size & Distance: |
13.2 x 11.0 Apx. 14 Million light years. |
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| Date & Location: |
03-20-2015 Little Blair Valley, CA. |
| Exposure: |
LRGB; 60,20, 20, 20, All 10min. (bin 1x1) |
| Optics: |
Telescope Engineering Company APO180FL @ f/7.36 using an Astro-Physics 160FF, F/L 1325mm. |
| Mount: |
Astro-Physics 1200 GTO / ATS 10x36 pier. |
| Camera: |
FLI-MLx694 @-30c / CFW2-7 / FLI-Atlas focuser / Guided by SBIG ST-I / w OAG. |
| Filters: |
Astrodon G2 LRGB |
| Software: |
MaxImDL 6.08, Photoshop CS5, CCDStack, Topaz Labs. |
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| Notes: |
Sky conditions: Poor seeing, Light wind, Temp 60°
Image Field of view is 26 x 32.4 arcmin.
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NGC 4395 is a low surface brightness spiral galaxy with a halo that is about 8′ in diameter. It has several wide areas of greater brightness running northwest to southeast. The one furthest southeast is the brightest. Three of the patches have their own NGC numbers: 4401, 4400, and 4399.
The nucleus of NGC 4395 is active and the galaxy is classified as a Seyfert. It is notable for containing one of the smallest supermassive black hole with an accurately-determined mass. The central black hole has a mass of "only" 300,000 Sun masses, which would make it a so-called "intermediate-mass black hole".
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