NGC 4490/4485

[rich_t]

Looked around for some new objects and decided to go for this pair in Canes Vanatici. They're apparently pretty good visually too, easy to find as well as they're close to 4th mag star Chara.

The larger one (4490) is mag 9.8 and 5.6' x 2.8'.

Exposure was 10*5min L, 4*4min binned RGB at F6.3 with LX90/EQ6/MX716 camera.

Thanks,

Rich.

[MidnightSun]

Very nice shot there...can't remember ever seeing them before.

[RichieJarvis]

Lovely - not heard of them either - going on the list though!

Cheers,

Richie

[Tim]

Very nice pair indeed, always nice to see something new

[MikeD]

New to me too, Great shot.

Mike.

[moocher]

Great shot!!!! So many targets so few clear nights.......

Moocher:)

[CELESCOPE]

Great shot Rich , and a new one on me to , , something else to go for ,when the old moon has gone

nice work indeed ,

Rog:)

[Sam]

Excellent image and something new to have a look for:)

[RobH]

Very nice image Rich.

This is also known as the Coccon galaxy, and is very interesting in Ha.

There was a supernova visible in it last year, which I managed to image.

Looking at your image, it's now not visible.

Cheers

Rob

[RobH]

Sorry....Cocoon galaxy

[Beyond_Vision]

Very nice image of an unusual looking pair of galaxies

Regards

Kevin

[ollypenrice]

Always great to have a look at something new and that's a beauty.

Olly

[Imahumanbeing]

Thats a great picture with awesome detail! Fantastic!

[rich_t]

Thanks everyone for the comments, interesting stuff about last year's supernova Rob!

Cheers,

Rich.