Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5750
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NGC 5750, Gary Imm
NGC 5750, Gary Imm

NGC 5750

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NGC 5750, Gary Imm
NGC 5750, Gary Imm

NGC 5750

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This Astrobin Debut Object is a barred spiral ring galaxy located 100 million light years away in the constellation of Virgo at a declination of 0 degrees.  It is a magnitude 16 galaxy which spans 3 arc-minutes in our apparent view.  This corresponds to a diameter of 80,000 light years.  This galaxy appears to us about 30 degrees from edge-on.

This galaxy has an interesting structure.  A bright small central core has a dark dust band cutting across the upper portion. The core is surrounded by a large circular bright region.  This region is connected by a faint bar to the inner ring.  The ring is not quite continuous.  Beyond the ring, the disk is diffuse.

Many galaxies have these inner rings.  My collection of 32 of them is here.

The most interesting part of this galaxy is the extended tidal star streams.  The strongest one extends up at 10 o’clock and then straight up.  Two much fainter ones are seen at 9 o’clock and at 3 o’clock.  Usually, these streams are due to disturbance from another galaxy, but I do not see a companion here.  Perhaps it was a small galaxy whose remnants are seen in the 10 o’clock stream.

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