PCW Memorial Observatory – Erika Rix

This is a type E3-4 galaxy, 06.1’ x 4.1’, m10.2v, SB 13.6 found at 13h49.3m +60°12¢ in Ursa Major. Distance is ~100 million light years. It was slightly elongated with diffuse edges and a concentrated core.

NGC 5322 image from the NGC IC Project

It’s always fun to study galaxy morphology and classification. In the case of NGC 5322, it’s an elliptical galaxy somewhere between the middle of circular and highly elongated in shape. In other words, oval leaning toward elongated. Generally, elliptical galaxies show very little to no structural details other than a brightened nucleus. They gradually diffuse outward from the nucleus into a halo with no definite edges.

Classification and Morphology of External Galaxies By G. De Vaucouleurs

~ by Erika Rix on July 6, 2011.

Posted in Deep Sky Objects, H 1.256, Herschel Catalog, New General Catalog, NGC 5322, UGC 8745, Uppsala Gen. Catalog
Tags: elliptical galaxy, H 1.256, NGC 5322, UGC 8745