NGC 4274 - a neglected beauty

[lukebl]

Hi all.

I've had a couple of nights imaging this lovely SB spral galaxy in Coma Berenices. Considering the gorgeous detail in the galaxy, and its relatively large size (7.2' × 3.0') and brightness, it doesn't seem to be imaged very often.

Some interesting dust lanes, and loads of faint galaxies in the background. Needs some colour which I may try and capture later.  100 x 240s exposures, Atik 428ex, 250mm f/4.8 Newtonian. There is the mother of all dust bunnies to the left of the galaxy, which no amount of flats or GradientXterminator has managed to get rid of!

 

[wimvb]

Great image. I'll be looking forward to the colour version.

[Shibby]

I can't imagine why it's neglected. Really nice galaxy and great detail in your image.

[lukebl]

Here's the colour version with 30 x 60 second, 2x binned, R and B. Synthesised G. The colour has brought out the interesting dust lanes near the centre.

[laudropb]

Lovely image. Don't think I've seen this before, so thanks for the view.

[RichLD]

That's a  great capture - what a handsome galaxy! Many thanks for sharing 

[lukebl]

Thanks for the comments.

A little bit of homework reveals that there are at least two quasars in the image, which I've identified by their magnitude (measured with Astrometrica): The 17.4 magnitude one is 2XMM J121944.1+292849 and the 17.9 mag one is 2MASS J12194134+2941309, according to SIMBAD.

Apart from their catchy names, I don't know anything about them.

[PatrickGilliland]

Nice work on a lesser seen object. I like, well done.