Posted on Oct 6, 2022

APOD: 2022 October 6 - NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy

Maj William W. 'Bill' Price

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Good morning, Rallypoint, and welcome to the October 6th edition of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy." Thar she blows! This whale lies some 25 million light years away from Earth in the northern constellation Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs). And no, today's APOD isn't a Hubble or Webb image. It was captured at the Sagrada Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico. We view this spiral galaxy edge-on from Earth. I like how the red star-forming regions really pop out.

For the RP shutterbugs: gear notes from the astrophotographer: 24-inch telescope, FLI-PL-09000 camera, and Astrodon Gen2 LRGB filters. This guy actually built an observatory onto his house!

APOD: 2022 October 6 - NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy

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Fantastic space pic share, as always Maj William W. 'Bill' Price I always think back to the Maker of the heavenlies. Psalm 8 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+8%3A3-4&version=NKJV

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Thank you for the share and mention sister Sgt (Join to see)

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Caravãna Sun - Whale Song - Live In The Studio

Whale Song - recorded live in the studio.Filmed in the Blue Mountains by Ian PritchettEdited by Michelle Caruana

Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the October 6, 2022 Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy

NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy; Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Sherick
APOD Explanation: NGC 4631 is a big beautiful spiral galaxy. Seen edge-on, it lies only 25 million light-years away in the well-trained northern constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy's slightly distorted wedge shape suggests to some a cosmic herring and to others its popular moniker, The Whale Galaxy. Either way, it is similar in size to our own Milky Way. In this sharp color image, the galaxy's yellowish core, dark dust clouds, bright blue star clusters, and red star forming regions are easy to spot. A companion galaxy, the small elliptical NGC 4627 is just above the Whale Galaxy. Faint star streams seen in deep images are the remnants of small companion galaxies disrupted by repeated encounters with the Whale in the distant past. The Whale Galaxy is also known to have spouted a halo of hot gas glowing in X-rays.
Thank you my friend and sister-in-Christ Sgt (Join to see) for mentioning me.

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Caravãna Sun - Whale Song - Live In The Studio
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