Herschel 264
NGC 4618

Object Type Galaxy Sc
Constellation Canes Venatici
Magnitude 10.6
Size 4.2' x 3.4'


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

NGC 4618 is somewhat unusual for a spiral, having one very bright arm and one rather dim. The brighter arm is also a little detached from the rest of the disk. Perhaps there was a close encounter with IC 3675, the bright galaxy to the upper left.

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 4618.

Fairly large with a slightly brighter centre. Disk rather faint. IC 3675 very faintly visible in field.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.