Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC5806, NGC5813 (Galaxies in Virgo)


Date & Time: May 2 2025, from 25:15 to 26:09 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow 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


NGC5806 / Galaxy, type SAB(s)b II-III
R.A.15h 00m 00.3s (2000.0)
Dec.+01°53' 31" (2000.0)
Apparent Size3.0×1.5'
Radial Velocity+1351km/s
Magnitude12.4
Distance68 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesVirgo III Cluster
Other IDsUGC 9645, CGCG 20-41
MCG +0-38-14, PGC 53578
IRAS 14574+205
NGC5813 / Galaxy, type E1-2
R.A.15h 01m 11.2s (2000.0)
Dec.+01°42' 10" (2000.0)
Apparent Size4.1×2.9'
Radial Velocity+1924km/s
Magnitude11.5
Distance104 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesVirgo III - NGC5846 Group
Other IDsUGC 9579, CGCG 48-60
MCG +1-38-14, PGC 53247
IRAS 14514+344
This image captures two galaxies located approximately 36 arcminutes east of the 4th-magnitude 109 Virginis, the easternmost star of the constellation Virgo. The spiral galaxy on the right (west side) is NGC 5806, while the elliptical galaxy on the left (east side) is NGC 5813. Both belong to the Virgo III Galaxy Cluster, located at a distance of 70 to 100 million light-years. Although NGC 5813 appears slightly larger than NGC 5806, it is actually farther away.



NGC5774, NGC5775
Around NGC5846

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