NGC 5364, NGC 5363, NGC 5356, NGC 5360 Wide Field

This frame contains many galaxies. If you look to the right side of the frame, you can see several barely visible galaxies. Many of the things that look like smudges are galaxies. Seeing so many groups of galaxies in one photo is so cool. But the showcase would be the Grand Design Galaxy, NGC 5364 located in the top left-hand side of the image. Grand-design galaxies are characterised by their prominent, well-defined arms, which circle outwards from a clear core. NGC 5364 is 54.5[2] million light years away.

 

The galaxy directly below (thin in an up-down orientation) is NGC 5360. It is a 13.7 mag Hubble -type SB0/a lenticular galaxy estimated to be 51 million light years away.

 

The large glowing galaxy near the top and centre (just below that bright blue star TYC 315-332-1) is NGC 5363. This lenticular galaxy is estimated to be 65 million light years away.

 

Moving from the centre of the frame towards 4:30 postion is NGC 5356. It is a barred spiral galaxy with a 13.0 magnitude brightness and an apparent size 2.9' × 0.8' arc min. It is oriented at a 45-degree angle in this presentation.

 

Instruments:

Telescope: 10" Ritchey-Chrétien RCOS

Camera: SBIG STL-11000 Mono

Mount: Astro-Physics AP-900

Focal Length: 2310.00 mm

Pixel size: 9.00 um

Resolution: 0.82 arcsec/pix

 

Exposure Details:

Red 26X450 Bin2

Green 16X450 Bin2

Blue 16X450 Bin2

Lum 81X900

 

Total Exposure: 27.5 Hours

 

Thanks for looking…

 

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