NGC 4550


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

NGC 4550 is a fairly large and bright galaxy in Virgo that appears quite elongated in the telescope. The slightly fainter galaxy, NGC 4551 (magnitude 12.0), is visible very close to the north..