NGC 4478


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

NGC 4478 is a mairly small but fairly bright galaxy in Virgo. NGC 4476 (magnitude 11.1) and M87 were visible in the same field.