Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5033
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NGC 5033, Tom Harrison
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NGC5033 is a massive pronounced spiral galaxy viewed at an oblique angle located in the direction of the Constellation Canes Venatici approximately 40 Million Light-Years away. It has a very bright and active nucleus and is classified as an active Seyfert Galaxy with a very massive black hole which is consuming prodigious amounts of stars, gas and dust. It seems that it may have merged with another sizable galaxy at some point in the past, thereby containing two nuclei, one orbiting the other. The bluish arms appear to also be warped from such an encounter. The arms are lit up by massive blue stars, with pinkish HII star forming regions.

Object: NGC5033

Constellation: Canes Venatici

Distance: 40 Million Light-Years

Date: April 2009

Location: Fort Davis, TX

Exposure Details: LRGB:580:170:170:170 unbinned

Processing: MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop CS3, and other aps

Optics: 12.5" RCOS Truss

Focal Length: 2908mm @ f9

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera: STL6303E

Focuser: RCOS

Guiding: Off-Axis using an SBIG Guide Camera

Filters: Tru-Balance Gen II LRGB 2"

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NGC 5033, Tom Harrison