This object is an edge-on galaxy located 150 million light years away in the constellation of Bootes at a declination of +36 degrees. This galaxy spans 6 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a huge diameter of 250,000 light years.
Viewed from almost exactly edge-on, it has a bright
peanut-shaped core with a dark dust lane running through the center. No central bulge is visible. The disk is warped at the right edge, likely from a gravitational interaction with a nearby galaxy.
Many small galaxies surround NGC 5529:
- My favorite small galaxy in the image is the interacting pair of galaxies (PGC 2076843) at the left edge of the image. Two bright yellowish cores are seen, with the right core encircled by several graceful looping star streams.
- The brighter blue galaxy, PGC 50952, is slightly below and to the left of NGC 5529. It looks like a face-on, blue, flocculent spiral galaxy with many clusters in the outer region.
- The faint galaxy, PGC 50925, is slightly below and right of NGC 5529. It looks like a dwarf galaxy, fairly circular but with an interesting dark patch just below the center. No core is seen in this bluish, somewhat spherical shape.
My wider field image of this object taken in 2018 is shown
here.
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