Herschel 218
NGC 4214

Object Type Galaxy Sb
Constellation Virgo
Magnitude 10.3
Size 8.1' x 1.8'


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

NGC 4216 is a beautiful, edge-on spiral galaxy. Two other edge-on spirals were in the same field. 12.1 magnitude NGC 4206 at the lower right, and 13.2 magnitude NGC 4222 at the upper left. Just off the top right of NGC 4216 is the 15.3 magnitude PGC 39247. This was just visible as a very faint "star".

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 4216.

Fairly large and moderately bright. Very elongated with a bright core. NGC 4206 and NGC 4222 visible in same field.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.