NGC 4437 Spiral Galaxy in Virgo
This edge-on galaxy is displaying distinct areas of star formation in blue and emission areas in red beside the central very dusty galactic plane;
Image data:
LRGB (L 10x20m, R 6x20m, G 6x20m, B 6x20m) total exposure 9,3 h; 1 arcsec,
80cm f/7 Astrooptik Keller corrected cassegrain, FLI Proline 16803, Baader Filters, Prompt 7 CTIO Chile, robotic data acquisition,
Processing: Johannes Schedler
Image in 25/80% size below: