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NGC4438 The Eyes
 
highlights
  • the members of Markarian’s Chain
  • H-alpha bridge
  • the most interesting interacting galaxy
 
justification:
  • is visible during Mar 26 - Apr 16
  • window: 21:50-5:00
  • bright enough: according to SimBad, total V magnitude is 10.17, surface brightness 23.0 mag/arcsec^2, very close to the surface brightness of other popular targets like M101 (23.2).
  • estimated exposure time: 900s single image RGB, and 900s single image H-alpha