NGC 4631 (Whale Galaxy)

NGC 4631 (also known as the Whale Galaxy or Caldwell 32) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy is approximately 30 million light years from Earth. The enclosed image was taken using a Skywatcher Esprit 100ED telescope with a ZWO ASI294 Pro one shot Cmos colour camera, consisting of 51 frames of 300 second each and  0 gain. The data was captured, calibrated and stacked in Astro Pixel by myself and Rachael Wood did a great job of processing the data in Photoshop.