A misty moon made the session close to impossible. I had to revert to "Super Pixel" algorithm in Astro Pixel Processor, that is half resolution.
NGC 4535 is a **barred spiral galaxy** located some **54 million light years** from Earth in the constellation **Virgo**¹. It is a member of the **Virgo Cluster** of galaxies and is located 4.3° from **Messier 87**¹. The galactic plane of NGC 4535 is inclined by an angle of **43°** to the line of sight from the Earth¹.
NGC 4535 has a hazy and somewhat ghostly appearance when viewed from a smaller telescope. This led amateur astronomer **Leland S. Copeland** to nickname NGC 4535 the "**Lost Galaxy**" in the 1950s².
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(1) NGC 4535 - Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4535.
(2) Hubble Takes Portrait of the ‘Lost Galaxy’ - NASA.
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-takes-portrait-of-the-lost-galaxy/.
(3) NGC 4535, Virgo, The Lost Galaxy of Copeland, and Five Quasars.
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/867358-ngc-4535-virgo-the-lost-galaxy-of-copeland-and-five-quasars/.
(4) 失われし銀河が描く宇宙のS字 “おとめ座”の棒渦巻銀河「NGC 4535」.
https://www.sorae.info/astronomy/20210119-ngc4535.html.
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