Telescope : Planewave CDK 17 F6.8
Camera : SBIG STXL 11002
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount ME
Pixel scale : 0.63 arcsec/pixel
FOV : 42 x 29 arcmins
Filters :LRGB
Integration: 21h00m
L 24x20m R 15x20m G 11x20m B 13x20m
RA center: 12h 50′ 59″
DEC center: -06° 24′ 07″
Equipment : Martin Pugh
Location : El Sauce Chile
Software: PixInsight & Photoshop
The Barred spiral galaxy NGC 4731 lies some 65 million light-years away from us, whilst the individual spiked stars spiky stars in the image are much closer, within our own Milky Way galaxy. Comprising approximately possibly up to 2000 member galaxies, this cluster forms the heart of the larger Virgo Super cluster.