Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  IC 529  ·  PGC 2758231
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IC 529, Gary Imm
IC 529, Gary Imm

IC 529

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IC 529, Gary Imm
IC 529, Gary Imm

IC 529

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Description

This spiral galaxy is located 100 million light years away in the constellation of Camelopardalis at a declination of +74 degrees.  It spans 3 arc-minutes in our apparent view.  This corresponds to a diameter of 100,000 light years.

From our view perspective, the disk is inclined about 25 degrees from edge-on.

It is unusual that such an interesting object is an IC and not an NGC object.  The inner region is a yellow lens surrounding a small bright white core.  The arm structure consists of 2 primary grand design spiral arms supplemented with numerous arm fragments and disturbed areas.  A few bright blue star clouds are seen in the outer disk.

This is the second image of this object on Astrobin.

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