NGC 5746 SPIRAL GALAXY

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NGC 5746
Spiral Galaxy in Virgo




NGC5746

This galaxy is a good example of a spiral galaxy seen edge on.

It lies at a distance of about 80 million light years and is 160,000 light years across or about the size of the Milky Way Galaxy.

This image was a stack of 6 x 10 minute exposures taken with the MX716 camera and the 16" telescope.








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