Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Boötes (Boo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5857  ·  NGC 5859
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Despite their close appearance in the sky, NGC 5857 and NGC 5859 are actually a pair of apparently non-interacting galaxies. Their redshift, both at 0.0159, indicate they are close neighbours at a distance of around 220MLy.

NGC 5859 is classified as a barred spiral, SBbc. This a bit odd as it is difficult to see a bar, even on high resolution images http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/n5859.shtml of the galaxy.

NGC 5859 is of apparent size 3' x 50" and magnitude 12.5, located on the border of Bootes, Serpens and Cor. Bor.

Taken on a misty, murky night, so not a great shot but showing some interesting features.

52 x 120 sec exposures through my 10" Newtonian reflector.

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