Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 30 x 20s unfiltered images. Image taken 05/05/2006 21:45 UT.
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| Description: This image shows the galaxies NGC5992 (top) and NGC5993
(bottom). Both galaxies are in the constellation Bootes. The extended nature of
the core of NGC5993 is due to two foreground stars.
Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 30 x 20s unfiltered images. Image taken 05/05/2006 21:45 UT. |
Physical information:
NGC5993: Magnitude: 13.2, size: 72"x54", p.a. 140 deg, classification: SBb.
NGC5992: Magnitude: 13.5, size: 54"x42", p.a. 175 deg, classification: Sab.