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| Catalogue and alternative designations | IC 5332, PGC 71775 |
| Type | Spiral galaxy |
| Position | 19 09 47.82 -55 35 |
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Camera and Telescope | STLXL6303E and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | LRGB image with Luminance = Red = Blue =100 minutes and Green = 40 minutes |
| Description | (from
Wikipedia) IC
5332, also known as PGC
71775 is an intermediate spiral
galaxy about 30 million
light years away in
the constellation Sculptor.
IC 5332 is a delicate spiral
galaxy that is unusually faint
and beautifully symmetrical. As
viewed from earth it is nearly
face on. It has a very small
central bulge and open spiral
arms accounting for its
classification (SABc). The
galaxy lies in the direction of
the south celestial pole.
IC 5332 is a
late type spiral galaxy with
observable star formation
ongoing though at such a low
rate as to be a stable non
starburst galaxy. It is a
somewhat tenuous spiral galaxy
with a very low surface
brightness of just 23.8 mag/
square arc second. |