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NGC 5675 — Galaxy in Boötes

Galaxy Fair (34/100)

Barred Spiral

Magnitude 14.0m Galaxy Boötes (Boo) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 14.0
Angular Size 2.3′ × 0.7′
Position Angle 135°
Distance 185.08 million ly
Galaxy Type Barred Spiral (SBab)
F, pS, E, bM

Position & Identifiers

RA 14h 32m 39.8s
Dec +36° 18' 07.9"
Constellation Boötes (Boo)
Catalog NGC 5675

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. V. hard V. hard Imp.
150mm Newt. V. hard+ V. hard+ V. hard
C8 203mm Hard V. hard+ V. hard+
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Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Mar – May (peak: Apr)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 5675 · 2.3′×0.7′ · N up, E left

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Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 5580
Hard+
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.70 2.7° Boötes
NGC 5557
Medium+
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Galaxy mag 11.1 2.9° Boötes
NGC 5623
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 13.0 3.3° Boötes
NGC 5533
Medium
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.8 3.5° Boötes
Delta Boo
Easy
Easy double, sep 104.7″
Double Star mag 3.47 9.3° Boötes
NGC 5466
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 9.1 9.7° Boötes
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