Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5394  ·  NGC 5395
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NGC 5395 & NGC 5394, John D
NGC 5395 & NGC 5394
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NGC 5395 & NGC 5394

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NGC 5395 & 5394 interacting Galaxies in Canes Venatici (AKA 'the Heron'). n5395 is the larger of the two. n5394 is suspected of passing directly through n5395. Distance estimated at approx. 165 milion LY and 167 million LY for the 5935 and 5394 respectively. The small edge on galaxy below the Heron's beak is PGC 2101092 at a estimated distance of approx. 650 million LY (listed at 17.9 mag in the Sky6, but I don't think it is anywhere near that dim). IC 4356 is the 15th mag elliptical galaxy (above and to the left of the Heron's head) is estimated to be approx. 675 million LY distant. Not sure about what's up with the Holmberg type object on the left of the image.

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NGC 5395 & NGC 5394, John D

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