Observation by Alan Thomas: NGC 5033 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2026 Feb 18 - 23:50

Uploaded

2026 Feb 19 - 16:15

Objects

NGC5033

Equipment

PlaneWave 60cm f/6.5 CDK24 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph
FLI ProLine KAF-16803 camera
10Micron GM4000 mount

Exposure

60 sec.

Location

Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife

Target name

NGC 5033 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici

Title

NGC 5033 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici

About this image

The OU's PIRATE instrument shows this interesting mag.10.72 spiral galaxy inclined away from us. The image shows a bright irregular nucleus (which contains a supermassive black hole) and faint, widely-dispersed, fragmented spiral arms. It was discovered by William Herschel in May 1785.

Distance c.54million ly. Diameter c.179,700ly.

Files associated with this observation

NGC5033 PIRATE v3image-jpeg-i.jpeg (1.4 MB)

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