NGC 4527 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located around 50 million light years away in the constellation of Virgo. It is part of the M 61 group.
The galaxy shines at magnitude 11.5 but has a relatively low surface brightness of mag 23.1.
There is a very bright core, a number of Ha star forming regions and multiple dust lanes. The arms are not well articulated.
Imaged in LRGB on my Planewave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image acquisition and processing: Mike Selby
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