NGC 4490 is a pair of interacting galaxies that lie in the constellation of Canes Venatici.  These two galaxies have
caused siginificant gravitational disturbances in each other and a trail of stars stretches between them.  They are 25,000
LY apart and seperating, having already reached their closest encounter.  Also known as the Cocoon Galaxy, NGC 4490
is an estimated distance of 45 million LY from Earth.


March 12, 2007
WO ZS 105mm f/7 Apo Refractor - Baader IR Filter
Canon Digital Rebel 300D / Modified (Hap Griffin)
60 Minutes / 12x300s @ 800ASA
Manually guided on a 14" Meade LX200
Skyhawk Observatory, West Bend, WI
Rick Kazmierski