Galaxy NGC 4725, one-armed spiral

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Galaxy NGC 4725, one-armed spiral

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Captured back in April-May 2016, here is one-armed spiral galaxy NGC 4725 in Coma Berenices. The smaller (more distant) galaxy to the right is NGC 4712.

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Beautiful image Andy!
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That's so super impressive Andy. Achieving pinpoint stars with short focal length refractors is much more common than your work with such a relatively long focal length. Love to pick through these images and see traces of dim galaxies.

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Wow !! A very impresive image, thanks for sharing.

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Andy,

Impressive indeed for 41 million light-years away! Com certainly is littered with Galaxies.

For those who own a copy of Deep Sky Wonders by Sue French, take a look at page 126 in the upper right-hand corner. I think Andy's image far exceeds the quality there.
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This is really cool, Andy. One arm swinging round and round. You've capture beautiful colors and detail. And I wonder if that 'tuft of nebulosity' just below the main galaxy is a satellite galaxy of NGC 4725 or if it is just a distant background galaxy. Keep 'em coming. Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

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This image feels really alive, Andy. It's got a lot of movement in the swirls and looks like 4725 has cast it's young from the nest. Beautiful composition!

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Stunning image as always Andy. The detail is fantastic. Thanks for sharing. --- Chuck
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You should really send this one to Sky & Telescope - it's gorgeous - Rebekah
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Thanks for looking and for the comments!
AstroGeek wrote:And I wonder if that 'tuft of nebulosity' just below the main galaxy is a satellite galaxy of NGC 4725 or if it is just a distant background galaxy.
I did some poking around in Aladin and it appears to be a satellite galaxy, SDSS J125033.75+252432.7, at a distance of 57.78 million ly from earth; NGC 4742 is 55.4 million ly distant.
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