SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
Rod Pommier
Location of Photo:
pommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USA
Date/Time of photo:
2024-04-19 through 2024-05-02
Equipment:
planeWave CDK17 on L500 mount, SBIG STL 11000 CCD camera with Baader Planetarium L, R, G, and B filters
Description:
NGC 4725, "The One-Armed Galaxy", is a barred-spiral galaxy lying 40 million light-years from Earth in Canes Venatici. It has a single spiral arm wrapped around an unusual wreath-shaped main body of the galaxy with a yellow core. The classic spiral galaxy to its lower right is NGC 4712, which lies 224 million light-years from Earth. Exposures: L:R:G:B = 400:70:70:70 minutes =1 hour 10 minutes 10 hours, 10 minutes total exposure, completely unguided.
