NGC 5317 is a spiral galaxy in Virgo approximately 54 million light years from Earth. The galaxy in the upper left corner is NGC 5360, a magnitude 13.7 barred spiral that is only 1.6 arcminutes x 42 arc seconds in apparent size, by far the smallest we've been able to capture in such detail.
Galaxy in Virgo
Right Ascension: 13h 56m 12.004s
Declination: +05° 00′ 52.06″
Magnitude: 11.2
Moon Age Average: 27.42 days
Moon Phase Average: 4.95 %
SC Observatory, Central Thailand
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SC Observatory, Central Thailand
Maxim DL 6
Adobe Photoshop
PixInsight 1.8