NGC 5878 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Libra (Lib) · Contains: NGC 5878

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NGC 5878

This Astrobin Debut Object is a spiral galaxy located 100 million light years away in the constellation of Libra at a declination of -14 degrees. It is a magnitude 12 galaxy which spans 4 arc-minutes in our apparent view. This corresponds to a Milky Way like diameter of 120,000 light years. The disk is inclined about 25 degrees from edge-on to our view, with the near side of the disk towards the bottom of the image based upon the disk definition.

This is another one of those types of galaxies which I have posted lately that appears “quasi-flocculent”. The arms and dark lanes are subtly defined in some places, but much of the disk looks mottled. I think I see some evidence of small blue star clouds in the disk. The core is offset a bit to the right, away from a possible companion just to the left of the disk. I could find no information on this faint small galaxy.

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RA (center)	15h13m45s.865
RA (top/left)	15h14m06s.997
RA (top/right)	15h14m13s.480
RA (bottom/right)	15h13m24s.736
RA (bottom/left)	15h13m18s.665

Dec (center)	-14°16′12″.50
Dec (top/left)	-14°25′19″.45
Dec (top/right)	-14°08′05″.11
Dec (bottom/right)	-14°07′05″.52
Dec (bottom/left)	-14°24′19″.65

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