The Cocoon Galaxy (NGC 4490, 4485) - Sketch

Object details: Interacting pair of galaxies. At bottom: Cocoon galaxy, NGC 4490, barred spiral, magnitude 9.8m. At top: NGC 4485, irregular galaxy, magnitude 13.3m. Distance 25Mly, constellation: Canes Venatici.

Location and conditions: Borot Lutz area, Negev desert, Israel, ~6.7 NELM.
Date and time: 8-9/04/2018, 03:30 (UT+2)
Instrument: VX12 300mm F/4 Newtonian, Paracorr T1, XW 10mm (138x, 0.52°).
Drawing details: Graphite pencil sketch on a white paper, made while observing with telescope under a red light. Scanned, inverted and processed in Photoshop. The brightness is slightly exagerrated for presentation purposes. Observer: Michael Vlasov.

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