Galaxies
NGC 4298 and NGC 4302 in Coma Berenices

This physically-interacting pair of galaxies is around 54 million lightyears distant, deep images having shown a tidal connection between them.
NGC 4298 is the flocculent spiral to the right, while the edge-on spiral is NGC 4302, oriented in a north-south direction. The difference in colour is quite marked, the yellow-brown of NGC 4302 being associated with a prominent dust lane. The two galaxies are separated by approximately 36,000 lightyears.

This image is the result of 3.5h of data capture, over 3 evenings in April 2020.

ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera through an 8-inch Teleskop-Service Ritchey-Chretien relfector.

Date: 26/04/2020

Photographer: Graham Wilcock

NGC 4298 and NGC 4302 in Coma Berenices

This physically-interacting pair of galaxies is around 54 million lightyears distant, deep images having shown a tidal connection between them.
NGC 4298 is the flocculent spiral to the right, while the edge-on spiral is NGC 4302, oriented in a north-south direction. The difference in colour is quite marked, the yellow-brown of NGC 4302 being associated with a prominent dust lane. The two galaxies are separated by approximately 36,000 lightyears.

This image is the result of 3.5h of data capture, over 3 evenings in April 2020.

ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera through an 8-inch Teleskop-Service Ritchey-Chretien relfector.

Date: 26/04/2020

Photographer: Graham Wilcock