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IC 5332, John Bozeman

IC 5332

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IC 5332

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IC 5332, also known as PGC 71775 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Sculptor. IC 5332 is a delicate spiral galaxy that is unusually faint and beautifully symmetrical. As viewed from earth it is nearly face on. It has a very small central bulge and open spiral arms accounting for its classification (SABc). The galaxy lies in the direction of the galactic south pole. IC 5332 is a late type spiral galaxy with observable star formation ongoing, though at such a low rate as to be a stable non-starburst galaxy. It is a somewhat tenuous spiral galaxy with a very low surface brightness of just 23.8 mag/square arc /sec.

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope MAST Portal. Release date: 2023-07-13

Camera: NIRCAM

Color Mapped:

Red-F360M
Green-F200W
Blue-F200W

Processed with FITS Liberator, GraXpert, PixInsight and Photoshop 2023.

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IC 5332, John Bozeman