Hairy Eye­brow Galaxy (NGC 4526)

NGC 4526 Galaxy Astrophotography Martin Rusterholz

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NGC 4526 is a mixed len­ticular galaxy at a dis­tance of about 40 mil­lion light-years in con­stel­la­tion Virgo. With a vis­ible dia­met­er of 7.5′, its true exten­sion is about 68’000 light-years. The galaxy shines at mag 9.9 and when look­ing at the fine dust­line around the inner part, the inclin­a­tion of the disk can be determ­ined to be 16° from edge-on. Because of the char­ac­ter­ist­ic dustlane, O’Meara names the galaxy ‘Hairy Eye­brow Galaxy’ in his book ‘Hid­den Treasures’.

The image is a clas­sic­al LRGB with North at about 4 o’clock.

[descrip­tion from O’Meara]

Details

Tele­scope:
RCOS 14.5″ f/​8
Mount:
ASA DDM85
Cam­era:
Andor CG16M
Fil­ters:
Astro­don Gen2
Expos­ure:
LRGB 440:300:260:280 min.
Loc­a­tion:
ROSA Remote Obser­vat­or­ies South­ern Alps
Author:
© Mar­tin Ruster­holz, Astrophotographer

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About Me

Hello, my name is Martin Rusterholz. I’m a Swiss amateur astrophotographer living near Zurich, the biggest town in Switzerland. My interest in astronomy started when I was 16. At that time, I built my first Newtonian telescope and mount. I studied physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) which was the only study including at least some aspects of astronomy and astrophysics. “Looking at the nights sky is an experience touching everybody deeply inside, something common to all human beings independent to the language spoken by the individuals”. Deep-sky astrophotography is my passion.

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