Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4627  ·  NGC 4631  ·  NGC 4656  ·  NGC 4657  ·  Whale Galaxy
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NGC 4656 and NGC 4631 the Whale and the Hockey stic galaxies, Riedl Rudolf
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NGC 4656 and NGC 4631 the Whale and the Hockey stic galaxies

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NGC 4656 and NGC 4631 the Whale and the Hockey stic galaxies, Riedl Rudolf
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NGC 4656 and NGC 4631 the Whale and the Hockey stic galaxies

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This is a picture of the Whale (NGC 4631) and the Hockey stic (NGC4656) galaxies. Both are in Canes Venatici.

The sizes of the galaxies are almost identical Whale 15,2 x 2,8 and Stic 15,3 x 2,4 arcmin

The distance of the galaxies is about 28 mio LJ.

On top of the Whale is the small galaxy NGC 4627 together named as well as ARP 281.

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NGC 4656 and NGC 4631 the Whale and the Hockey stic galaxies, Riedl Rudolf

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