Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5375
NGC 5375, Gary Imm
NGC 5375, Gary Imm

NGC 5375

NGC 5375, Gary Imm
NGC 5375, Gary Imm

NGC 5375

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This small spiral galaxy is located 125 million light years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici at a declination of +29 degrees.  It is a magnitude 11.5 galaxy which spans 3.2 arc-minutes in our apparent view.  This corresponds to a Milky Way like diameter of 120,000 light years.  From our view perspective, the disk is inclined about 15 degrees from face-on.

This galaxy has a fascinating disk structure.  The bar is amazing, with a barlens across the middle and an ansae at each end of the bar.  The arms appear disturbed, each dispersing into a wide chaotic plume with star clouds.  Most interesting is the 2 dark void regions, left and right of the mid-region pseudo-ring.

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