NGC5669 in Boo: superimposed star or ..?

[Clear Skies]

Hi all,

After the stellar dot determined to be a star superimposed over M101, here's another one I would like to throw into the group.

Galaxy NGC5669 in Boötes.
NGC5669.jpg
Caught it in the early morning of 13 April, 12" SCT + 17mm Nagler. In this (modest, on this forum) telescope the galaxy showed some irregular structure, no clear arms. The central, NE-SW elongated part was obvious.
Immediately to the SSW (almost due south) of the central part of the galaxy I noticed a tiny, very faint stellar dot, popping into view only when using AV. Not unlike a mag. 15 star, which is the limit for my scope under dark skies with good dark adaptation.

Now... is this a star or perhaps a feature in the galaxy itself? Contrary to the M101 dot I posted about last week, this lil' dot almost vanishes in IR, but does reveal itself in DSS POSS2 Blue and Red.
The exact position is 14:32:43.95 +09d53m21s, 0.5 arcminute DSS image here.
NED is not helpful, nor is SIMBAD.

Any large scope observations?

Cheers,


Victor

EDIT: Or perhaps SN 2013AB ?

[Jimi Lowrey]

Look at the SDSS image Of NGC 5669 below the area that you are talking about looks like a H II knot.

NGC 5669.jpg