NGC 4725 - One legged spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices (Monty Chandler)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com) · Contains: NGC 4712 · NGC 4725

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NGC 4725 - One legged spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices

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NGC 4725 - One legged spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices

Link: https://montychandler.smugmug.com/Astrophotography/The-Heavans/i-NW3nXtH/A

A barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices, about 40 million light-years away. It's an intermediate galaxy with a prominent ring structure, and is roughly the size of the Milky Way at over 100,000 light-years across. NGC 4725 is unique in that it only has one spiral arm, while most spiral galaxies have two or more. The galaxy's center has a bar of stars surrounded by a ring of stars, which astronomers call a ringed barred spiral galaxy.

In this color image, the solo spira mirabilis seems to wind from a prominent ring of bluish, newborn star clusters and red tinted star forming regions. This odd galaxy also sports obscuring dust lanes and a yellowish central bar structure composed of an older population of stars. Also included in the frame is galaxy NGC 4712, sporting a noticably more traditional spiral galaxy look, is a more distant background galaxy.

Imaged 5/1, 5/10 and 5/11. The night of 5/10 was our Aurora Borealis event. Imaged from 21:30 to 02:00 each of these evenings. 136 4 minute subs were included, or 9 hours of exposure. Gear includes an f8 GSO RC8 telescope at 1625mm, an ASI071MC astro camera cooled to 15f, and an EQ6r Pro mount.

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RA (center)	12h50m26s.373
RA (top/left)	12h49m16s.531
RA (top/right)	12h49m22s.150
RA (bottom/right)	12h51m35s.751
RA (bottom/left)	12h51m31s.210

Dec (center)	+25°30′02″.57
Dec (top/left)	+25°53′31″.88
Dec (top/right)	+25°05′49″.33
Dec (bottom/right)	+25°06′28″.60
Dec (bottom/left)	+25°54′15″.10

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