Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.
NGC 4281 is a moderately large and bright galaxy in Virgo that appears quite elongated in the telescope. Faint outer haze. In an 18" telescope, four other galaxies were visible in the field. NGC 4268 (magnitude 13.7), NGC 4270 (magnitude 12.1), NGC 4273 (magnitude 12.7), NGC 4282 (magnitude 14.1).