Edge-on galaxy
Bootes
RA 14h 15m 34s
DEC +36° 13′ 36”
Magnitude 12.8
Size: 6.2’ x 0.8’

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120 million lights years away toward Bootes is the edge-on galaxy NGC 5529. What makes it special is that it’s a little known, beautiful, perfectly edge-on galaxy set in a lovely star field and surrounded by a flotilla of faint galaxies. Gorgeous.

I had a brief look last year on a night that couldn't make up its mind to be clear or cloudy, whetting my appetite for a good long look on a truly clear night.

My notes read:
“NGC 5529 is a bonus object a low power field of view from NGC 5544/5545. A beautiful edge-on galaxy with a companion situated in a set of lovely foreground stars. 408x, unreliable SQM reading because of clouds”

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There’s a beautiful image from the Lemmon Sky Center at http://skycenter.arizona.edu/sites/s...les/n5529s.jpg that’s a joy to see, but what have you seen in your own scope?

"GIVE IT A GO AND LET US KNOW"