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NGC 5576 -- Elliptical Galaxy

Object

Type

Elliptical Galaxy

Constellation

Virgo

Distance

68.5M light-years

Magnitude

11.0

Size

1.8 x 1.2 arc-min

Notes

NGC 5574 is the smaller galaxy just to the upper right of NGC 5576

NGC 5577 is the nearly edge-on galaxy to the lower left of NGC 5576

Image

Date

2009-05-23

Place

Tall Grass Preserve

Exposure Data

C 8 mins @ -10C

Clear 8x1 min

Notes

All filters binned 2x2

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi TOA-150

Focal Length

1100 mm @f/7.3

Mount

Paramount ME

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

RoboFocus

Filters

CFW-10, Astrodon CRGB

Software

TheSky6, FocusMax, CCDAutopilot4, PixInsight, PhotoShop CS6

Reprocessed on 08/05/2023