Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici
NGC 5005.is a reasonably bright spiral galaxy. Through a typical amateur telescope it appears as an elongated oval with a bright center. Just over 1/2 degree to the southwest (but out of the field of this image) is another nice spiral, NGC 5033.
This image was taken on a night with a bright nearly-full Moon in the sky. The Moon was rising in the east and the galaxy was far away in the northwest sky, so I gave it a try. Even under these conditions, the galaxy reveals a decent amount of detail in its mutiple tightly wound spiral arms.
| Magnitude | 9.7 |
| Apparent Size | 4.8' x 1.5' |
| Distance (light yrs) | 70 million |
| Right Ascension | 13:10.9 |
| Declination | +37 04 |
| Field of view | 22' x 17' |
Image details: Exposure times of 12 minutes each of lunimance, red, green, and blue, taken with an SBIG STF-8300M imager and a 14" Meade LX850 telescope at f/8.
September 2023