NGC 4682: a Vera Rubin Galaxy
| Designation(s) | NGC 4682 |
| Object Type(s) | Galaxy |
| Relevant Catalog(s) | All (Chron), NGC |
| Obs. Lat/Long | 42° 17', 073° 57' |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Date and Time Observed | 2026-04-24 22:30:00 |
| Instrument | EdgeHD 8" w/f7 reducer-1,422mm FL |
| Camera | Player One Apollo-M Mini |
| Image Details | Up is 0.4 degrees E of N. Transparency: Poor. Seeing: Fair. Total integration time was 25m 40s. Exposures 20s@225g, No Filter. Dithered and recentered in SharpCap. No guiding. |
| Description | One of those nights where Astrospheric's multiple cloud forecasts didn't agree. 3 said clear. 1 said mostly cloudy. Minority ruled. I had a brief window of under an hour when it was clear enough to focus, polar align, and capture. Cut short by clouds... spotty at first then dominant. Another spiral that Vera used in her seminal 1980 paper that found rotation curves suggesting the existence of dark matter. |
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