NGC 4245


Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

NGC 4245, located in Coma Berenices, seems to have something of an identity crisis. It has been variously classified as an irregular and as an Sb spiral. However looking at the above image, there is a very clear bar in the central regions, showing that it is a barred spiral, probably SBb.