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Galaxy · Coma Berenices

NGC 4559

An intermediate spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices, discovered by William Herschel in 1785.

Le Cœur et l'Âme · Photograph by the author · 3h 47m of exposure, DwarfLab DWARF 3

NGC 4559, duration not logged
NGC 4559 duration not logged · Unistellar eQuinox 2

Number 36 in the Caldwell catalogue, it covers 10.7 arcminutes by 4.4; the average of 26 independent redshift measurements puts it about 24.6 million light-years away. In the photo, its elongated disc looks dappled and irregular, and several stars of our own galaxy lie over it.

Sources: Wikipédia en français, NGC 4559, Wikipédia en français, Liste des objets de Caldwell. A figure wrong? Report it.

duration not logged 1 shot

0 towards 25h 12m · cumulative integration on this object

Temps d'intégration : the total exposure time, the sum of every exposure stacked on an object.

Designation
NGC 4559 · C36
Family
Galaxy
Constellation
Coma Berenices
Shots taken
1
Album date
28 July 2026
Cumulative integration
not logged

The album date is the one the photo album gives the file, not the date of the shot: the device burns none into this image.

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