NGC 4496

NGC 4496
NGC 4496

NGC 4496 is a rarely imaged unusual pair of galaxies as they appear to overlap. However NGC 4496A is around 50 million light years distant while NGC 4496B the smaller galaxy is 212 million light years away. The pair can be found in the constellation of Virgo.

Imaged in LRGB on my Planewave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.

Image acquisition and processing: Mike Selby

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