NGC 5676


Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

The galaxy at the very left of the image is the 17.9 magnitude PGC 52050, while the galaxy to the right is anonymous.

NGC 5676 is a moderately large but fairly faint galaxy in Bootes. It the telescope it appears elongated with a very slightly brighter core. NGC 5660 was visible in the same field.