NGC 5364

NGC 5364 is a fairly large and rather faint spiral galaxy in Virgo. In an 8" telescope, it appears as a nebulous oval with a bright centre. The beautiful spiral arms shown in this image are not visible.

Combination of 2, 5 minute exposures, Meade 416xt CCD.
300mm f/6 newtonian telescope at prime focus.

The streak across the image is a satelite.

In the same low-magnification field (just out of the view in this image) is the brighter eliptical galaxy NGC 5363. This galaxy is visible in the image below.

Combination of 2, 3 minute exposures, SBIG ST9XE CCD.
10" f/6.3 schmidt-cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

Combination of 10, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

The bright galaxy to the right of NGC 5364 is the 13.7 magnitude NGC 5360.

Combination of 10, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.