Love the interactions going on in NGC 4435, 4438 & M86 - the gravitational distortion of the Eyes complicated by M86s hydrogen stripping is so fascinating.

This is certainly my most devoted project yet. Started acquisition last season and kicking off my galaxy this year with this final image. 126h of Ha at f/7 felt like it was never gonna end. I still couldn’t get super defined hydrogen structure but feel like what I did collect still tells the story. I suspect I’d need to double this to get more detail there.

Completed in HaLRGB

EDIT:

Featured on AAPOD2 4/1/2026, so amazing.

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