| Object Data |
| Description |
NGC4656 is a strange looking edge-on spiral with
one side significantly brighter than the other. The entire galaxy
is deformed and twisted at the outside edges od the disk, giving
it the visual shape of a hockey stick. |
| Constellation |
Canes Venatici, the two hunting dogs of Bootes: Astarion and Chara. |
| Right Ascension |
12h 44m 11s |
| Declination |
+32° 8' 51" |
| Magnitude |
11.4 |
| Angular size |
14.8 x 2.2 arcminutes |
| Distance |
3.3 megaparsecs (11 million light years) |
| Radial Velocity |
463 kilometers per second |
| Image Data |
| Photographer |
Fred Lehman |
| Main Scope |
Meade 14" LX200GPS @ f/5.0 (1775mm) |
| Guide Scope |
Celestron 5" SCT @ f/7.5 (950mm) |
| Guide Camera |
SBIG STV |
| Imaging Camera |
Starlight Xpress MX7C |
| Resolution |
780 x 580 @ 1.0 arcseconds per pixel |
| Exposure |
Thirty exposures of one minute each. Aligned,
stacked, and processed with AstroArt. |
| Date |
March 18, 2004 |
| Location |
Mid Florida Star Gaze at Kye's Star Farm in Venus,
Florida. |
