| NGC5907 / Galaxy, type SA(s)c: sp II |
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| R.A. | 15h 15m 54.0s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +56° 19' 00" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 14.0×1.4' |
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| Radial Velocity | N/A |
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| Magnitude | 11.3 |
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| Distance | 50 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | - |
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| Other IDs | UGC9801, MCG9-25-40,
PGC54470 |
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NG5907 is a fine "edge-on" galaxy lying around the center of Draco, near the boundary on Auriga.
The galaxy is found by tracing about 3 degrees SSW from iota Draconis with the third magnitude.
The galaxy has a length of 14 arc minutes and a thickness of only 1.4-minute;
you may be able to see only a simple line through scopes.
Though its apparent size is very same as that of NGC4565 in Comae Berenicis, a magnitude of NGC5907 is estimated only 11.3,
so NGC5907 shouldn't be listed in the easily visible objects with medium-sized telescopes.
The galaxy has an undeveloped central nucleus (bulge), and it's one of characteristics of the inconspicuous galaxy.
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