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Photographer:
massimo.difusco
Location of Photo:
Ferrara (Italy)
Date/Time of photo:
04/03/2025
Equipment:
Konus 200/1000 @950mm, Player One Poseidon-C camera, Sky-Watcher Eq6r Pro mount, Optolong L-Quad Enhance filter
Description:
NGC 4536 (at the top) was first discovered by William Herschel in 1784. Lying roughly 50 million light years away in the constellation of Virgo, NGC 4536 is not part of the main Virgo group of galaxies but is part of the Virgo II subgroups, in this case part of the group containing M61. NGC 4536 appears to be undergoing some form of starburst, although there is no obvious interacting galaxy. At the centre, just below NGC 4536, it is the edge on galaxy NGC 4533 which shines magnitude 13,8. It was discovered by Tempel in 1877. At bottom is the bright edge on spiral NGC 4527, also discovered by William Herschel on 23 February 1784. The FOV also features many other very distant galaxies, the most showy of which is IC 3474, located about 100 million light years away from us.
