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NGC 5005 (Caldwell 29)
March 17, 2026
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A beautiful galaxy in Canes Venatici, estimates place NGC 5005 in the neighborhood of 75 million light-years away.
Not often imaged because of its small size from our vantage, NGC 5005 is actually around 25% larger than our Milky Way galaxy. The image depicts a faint, but large, halo, but the number of stars in NGC 5005 is similar to the number of stars in our galaxy—around 400 billion.
Telescope
Planewave CDK12.5
Finding Chart
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Image Capture
Location:
Deep Sky West
Camera:
Total integration: 32h 15m
Integration per filter:
- Lum/Clear: 7h (140 × 180")
- R: 5h 9m (103 × 180")
- G: 5h 3m (101 × 180")
- B: 5h 3m (101 × 180")
- Hα: 10h (60 × 600")
Coordinates: 13h 10m 57.342s · +37° 3′ 30.9″
Moravian C5a-100M
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