A crop of a bigger picture, NGC4631 (Whale galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy, NGC 4656 en NGC 4657(Crowbar) is a highly warped edge-on barred spiral galaxy. Both galaxies are located in the local universe 30 million light years away from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. Captured in my backyard 6th of April, 203 frames at 120s (6h46m). For equipment, see about. See the full frame below.