NGC4725, Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major




NGC4725
Trying to round out the set of the largest galaxies visible from this latitude.
This is another galaxy that I would not have known about if not for "The List" (see M106 page).
The pairing of NGC4725 and its little buddy next door (ID?) could rival M81/M82 for prettiest galaxy pairing,
but I was intrigued at the number of other background galaxies I also picked up in this shot.
Nearly 2 hours of exposure time (I lost 2 frames due to airplanes. grr.) was enough to bring out
lots of detail, but I'm still fighting vignetting and, as always, a suburban location;
I need to figure out how to get my backgrounds darker.

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©2004 Jimbo S. Harris