Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC5422(Galaxy in Ursa Major)


Date & Time: Feb 21 2026, from 25:23 to 26:17 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with IDAS LPS-P1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


NGC5422 / Galaxy, type S0 sp
R.A.14h 00m 42.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+55°09' 52" (2000.0)
Apparent Size3.9×0.8'
Radial Velocity+1782km/s
Magnitude12.8
Distance101 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesNGC5485 Group
Other IDsUGC 8935, CGCG 272-16
MCG +9-23-24, PGC 49874
NGC5422 is a small lenticular galaxy located 50 arcminutes north of the spiral galaxy M101, which itself lies 5 degrees east of Mizar in Ursa Major. NGC5422 has a spindle-like shape about 4 arcminutes in length and presents a well-balanced edge-on profile. Its distance from the Milky Way is approximately 100 million light-years. Although many small galaxies belonging to the M101 Group are scattered in the surrounding region, NGC5422 is situated about five times farther away and is therefore unrelated to M101.



NGC5394, NGC5395
NGC5474

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