NGC5895

Description: This image shows the galaxies NGC5893 (top-left), NGC5895 (edge-on, bottom-right) and NGC5896 (face-on, below NGC5895). These galaxies lie near NGC5899. They are all spiral galaxies, although NGC5896 is of a very "early" type (i.e. the spiral structure is poorly defined).

Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 20 x 20s unfiltered images. Image taken 05/05/2006 21:25 UT.

Physical information:
NGC5893: Magnitude: 13.2, size: 1.2'x1.1', p.a. 30 deg, classification: SBb.
NGC5895: Magnitude: 14.3, size: 54"x12", p.a. 21 deg, classification: Sc.
NGC5896: Magnitude: 15.0, size: 18"x12", p.a. 76 deg, classification: S0.

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