SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
Bruce
Location of Photo:
SkyPi Remote Observatory, New Mexico
Date/Time of photo:
4 nights in March-April 2022
Equipment:
12.5" Planewave telescope, QSI-640ws camera
Description:
This is NGC 4631 in Canes Venatici, also known as the Whale Galaxy. It's a barred-spiral galaxy, seen edge-on, and has been the site of numerous supernovae because of its intense star-forming activity. The activity has been driven by the galaxy's consumption of smaller galaxies, giving rise to the extended faint "plumes" emanating from its disk
Website:
https://www.coldphotons.com/zen_astro/astro_images/NGC4631_LRGB_Web.jpg
