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Observation by Karen Smith: The Heron Galaxy NGC 5394

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Karen Smith

Observer

Karen Smith

Observed

2026 Apr 06 - 21:26

Uploaded

2026 May 24 - 14:17

Objects

NGC5394

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13h58m
Dec: +37°26'
Position angle: -13°47'

Field size

0°12' × 0°09'

Equipment
  • Meade 8" LX90 SCT telescope
  • ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro camera
  • Optolong L-Pro Filter
  • ZWO AM5n
  • ZWO ASI AIR
  • ZWO EAF
  • ZWO OAG with ZWO ASI220Mini camera
Exposure

126 x 180 second exposures

Location

My back garden in the West Midlands, UK

Target name

The Heron Galaxy NGC 5394

Title

The Heron Galaxy NGC 5394

About this image

The Heron Galaxy, Arp 84 is such a cool target, I couldn't resist imaging this once I realised it was accessible from my garden.  It has been on my target list for several months :).  This is one of the targets that really does look like it's nickname!

The larger Spiral galaxy is NGC 5395, and the smaller galaxy is NGC 5394.  The very tiny galaxy, the heron's prey, is called PGC 2101092.  PGC 2101092 is ~640 million light-years away from us, whereas the Heron galaxies are only about ~170 million light years away from us, therefore it looks like the Heron won't be catching its prey anytime soon!

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