NGC 4438


Combination of 3, 3 minute exposures.
SBIG ST7XE CCD. 8" f/6.3 schmidt-cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

NGC 4435 and NGC 4438 are a pair of bright, interacting galaxies close to the centre of the Virgo galaxy cluster, just to the east of M86. In an 8" telescope, the galaxies appear as bright central regions with very faint elongated hazes.


Combination of 24, 5 minute exposures, several through cloud.
SBIG ST7XE CCD. 8" f/6.3 schmidt-cassegrain telescope at prime focus.


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