The BAA Deep Sky Section's object of interest for this month is the lenticular galaxy NGC 4460 and it was suggested that if we wanted tor try it we could include the irregular galaxy NGC 4449 in the same field of view. I like these challenges as I like to see what I can achieve with my Dwarf 3 smartscope. On the 10th March we had some more clear weather and the moon was now 1 day from last quarter. After 466x15s I obtained this image (centred on the point midway between the two galaxies):-
NGC 4460 is the lens-shaped object that lies near the bright star in the upper centre of this frame (the star is actually a double). The irregular starburst galaxy NGC4449 (also called the Box Galaxy) is right of centre and the brightest galaxy in this image (you can 'click' on this image to see a larger version of it). The first 15s frame was taken at 20:55 UT and the last at 23:33 UT. Midpoint 22:14 UT. Auto parameters were used in the Dwarf 3 and in processing the final image in Stellar Studio. There are a number of other galaxies that appear in this image and so below I have produced a version where I have labelled them all:-
All text and images © Duncan Hale-Sutton 2026
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