Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Boötes (Boo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5676
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NGC 5676 - a rarely imaged galaxy in Boötes, Göran Nilsson
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NGC 5676 - a rarely imaged galaxy in Boötes

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NGC 5676 - a rarely imaged galaxy in Boötes, Göran Nilsson
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NGC 5676 - a rarely imaged galaxy in Boötes

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This is an RGB image that I processed from free data from the Liverpool Telescope, a 2 m RC reflector on La Palma.

Although there are very few good images of this galaxy there is actually quite a bit of info on Wikipedia, saying that this spiral galaxy is notably asymmetric. The spiral arms on the south side of the galaxy are chaotic in appearance, whereas the spiral arms on the north side of the galaxy are very well-defined. Also, the spiral arms on the south side of the disk extend twice as far from the galaxy's nucleus as the spiral arms on the north side.[3] Because of the fragmentary appearance of some of the spiral arms, this galaxy is classified as a flocculent galaxy.

Filters and exposures used.

sdss-r 24 x 90 s (red channel)

Bessell V 9 x 90 s (green channel)

Bessell B + sdss-g 24 x 90 s (blue channel)

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NGC 5676 - a rarely imaged galaxy in Boötes, Göran Nilsson