NGC 5078

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Here an edge-on spiral galaxy with nearby neighbor is displayed floating in the direction of Hydra. NGC 5078 is an interesting galaxy due to jets of gas that are being ejected from the disk. These jets (superwinds) can be detected in the radio wavelengths of light (radio telescopes). This galaxy is similar in structure to NGC 5746. However, at an estimated distance of 94 million lights away, it is much more distant.

Equipment

20in RC Optical Systems telescope Operating at f/8.4
SBIG ST10XME CCD camera with color filter wheel

L R G B color production was used to create this image.

Luminance = 90 minutes binned 1x1
 Red = 20 minutes binned 2x2
 Green = 20 minutes binned 2x2
 Blue = 20 minutes binned 2x2

Minimum credit line: Jay Gabany/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF

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Updated: 4/8/2005