Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  HD221609  ·  IC 5332
The faint IC 5332, Mathieu Guinot
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The faint IC 5332

The faint IC 5332, Mathieu Guinot
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The faint IC 5332

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IC 5332, also known as PGC 71775, is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. This delicate spiral galaxy is viewed from Earth nearly face on and is beautifully symmetrical, and unusually faint with a very low surface brightness. It has a very small central bulge and open spiral arms accounting for its classification (SABc).

Data set from Telescope Live taken at El Sauce Observatory, Chile, from 2022/08/01 to 2022/09/23.

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The faint IC 5332, Mathieu Guinot