NGC 5907
Sketch and Details by Ferenc Lovró
Date/time: 2008.06.29 23:00 UT
Equipment: 12″ f/5 Newtonian
FOV: 40′ Mag: 71x
Seeing: 7/10 Transparency: 5/5
A gigantic, greatly elongated galaxy, visible totally from its edge on. It covers an area of about 13′ x 1.4′ on the boundary of the constellations Draco and Auriga. It has a homogeneous colour, even its core is just slightly brighter than the rest of its outside territories. When looking at its shape, it’s very clear why it is commonly referred to as the Splinter galaxy.
Ferenc,
A beautiful sketch of a ‘sharp’ galaxy! 🙂
Rony
Great sketch – makes up for not being able to see this object from where I live.
Thanks for sharing it.