Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5338  ·  NGC 5348  ·  NGC 5356  ·  NGC 5363  ·  NGC 5364
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NGC 5364 and Abell 1809 in Virgo, Jim Thommes
NGC 5364 and Abell 1809 in Virgo
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NGC 5364 and Abell 1809 in Virgo

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NGC 5364 and Abell 1809 in Virgo, Jim Thommes
NGC 5364 and Abell 1809 in Virgo
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NGC 5364 and Abell 1809 in Virgo

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North is up in this image.  The face on spiral galaxy in NGC 5364, a  combination ring/spiral with one extended arm (the pec classification - SA(rs)bc pec). It is the namesake of an informal group named the "NGC 5364 Group"  nearby galaxies of similar distance and redshift are NGC 5338,5348,5356, and 5360 - the distance of NGC 5364 is 70 million light years  (by redshift estimate) and 57.4 million light years (by redshift independent estimate) . The Abell Galaxy Cluster, ACO 1809  is to the right and at a much further distance about 1.05 billion light years lookback time. Also, NGC 5364 was multiply observed / discovered and is a duplicate of NGC 5364 There are several quasars visible in this image with high redshifts (one at 3.400 with lookback time of 11.83 billion light years).   These objects, information, background galaxies and some of the brighter stars are identified in the annotated image. Horizontal FOV is approximately 39 arc minutes. Full size image scale is approximately 1.27 arcsec/pix..

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