NGC 4567/68 - The Siamese Twins
image up-sampled 1.5x
Virgo
Penryn, California
May 2006
FS-128 (ag, ST-4)
ST-2000XM LRGB 15 minute subs
NGC 4567/68 are two interacting galaxies about
to collide or perhaps pass close to each other. Distance to these mag 12.1
galaxies is estimated to be 65 mly.
A type 1C supernova was observed in NGC 4568
in 1990.
