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Object name: NGC5424

Designation(s): NGC5424, 5409, NGC5416, NGC5423, NGC5431, NGC5434, NGC5434B, NGC5436,

This galaxy cluster is far too large for my 0.2 square degree field of view. It has a diameter of 134 minutes for an area of just under 4 degrees or nearly 20 times my field of view. I did image its center region, however. The average distance of the cluster is about 270 million light-years. Major members of the cluster in my limited image include:

NGC 5409 an interesting galaxy classed as (R')SAB(s)b. It was discovered by Wilhelm Temple on April 25, 1883.
NGC 5416 a chaotic Sc or Scd spiral found by William Herschel on March 19, 1784.
NGC 5423 an S0 galaxy. Discovered by Wilhelm Temple on April 25, 1883.
NGC 5424 an S0 galaxy that appears to have a couple shells also found by Temple on April 25, 1883.
NGC 5431 an apparent one arm spiral classed as S? More likely it is a two-armed spiral, possibly barred, whose arms overlap in a way to appear as one arm. Another Temple discovery that same night.
NGC 5434 A classic Sc spiral. It too was found by Temple that same night.
NGC 5434B/UGC 08967 an Sbc nearly edge-on spiral
NGC 5436 a spiral classed as S0/a even though it has a strong dust lane. Also found by Temple but on June 28, 1883.

There is a faint stream of light heading east from NGC 5431 the S? galaxy. It is seen in the Sloan images as well so is real. I don't know if it is a plume from the galaxy or a faint nebulous patch of IFN or something similar. Might be worthwhile spending many hours on it to see if it can be determined which it is. For now, I'm going with it being a plume.

The only quasar in the image is [HB89] 1400+095. It is listed twice at NED with two slightly different positions, one with a larger than normal error circle. That less well-defined entry lists it as an AbLS object (Absorption Line System) with a redshift that puts it only 7.2 billion light-years (z=0.868000) instead of 11.5 light-years (z=2.983090) of the quasar labeled entry. It might be that the closer distance is the redshift of the absorption lines while the further is that of the quasar itself. In other words, a gas cloud sits between us and the quasar causing the absorption lines in the more distant quasar. At least that is how I am interpreting this double entry. If anyone has a better idea let me know.

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB=2x10', STL-11000XM, Paramount ME

Related Designation(s):

2MASS J14021129+0926241, 2MASS J14024862+0920290, 2MASS J14025570+0925143, 2MASS J14030714+0921470, 2MASS J14032313+0926528, 2MASS J14032707+0928015, 2MASS J14034110+0934246, 2MASX J14021133+0926237, 2MASX J14024862+0920293, 2MASX J14025571+0925143, 2MASX J14030713+0921473, 2MASX J14032314+0926531, 2MASX J14032705+0928011, 2MASX J14034112+0934241, 2MFGC 11382, 5409, AKARI J1402110+092622, AKARI J1403273+092803, ASK 455133.0, ASK 455169.0, ASK 455918.0, ASK 455957.0, ASK 455977.0, ASK 455980.0, CGCG 074-052, CGCG 074-059, CGCG 074-063, CGCG 074-065, CGCG 074-068, CGCG 074-070, CGCG 074-071, CGCG 1359.7+0941, CGCG 1400.3+0935, CGCG 1400.5+0940, CGCG 1400.6+0937, CGCG 1400.9+0941, CGCG 1401.0+0943, CGCG 1401.2+0949, ECO 04450, ECO 04459, ECO 04463, ECO 04469, ECO 04473, ECO 04474, ECO 04478, GALEXASC J140341.27+093424.2 , HDCE 0843 NED003, HDCE 0843 NED005, HDCE 0843 NED006, HDCE 0843 NED007, HDCE 0843 NED009, HDCE 0846 NED003, HOLM 571A, HOLM 575A, HOLM 575B, IRAS 13597+0940, IRAS 14009+0942, IRAS F13597+0940, IRAS F14009+0942, KPG 410A, KPG 410B, LDCE 1022 NED004, LDCE 1023 NED003, LDCE 1023 NED005, LDCE 1023 NED006, LDCE 1023 NED007, LDCE 1023 NED009, LDCE 1042 NED004, LEDA 2800984, LGG 368:[G93] 006, MAPS-NGP O_500_0343747, MAPS-NGP O_500_0344940, MAPS-NGP O_500_0345201, MAPS-NGP O_500_0363241, MAPS-NGP O_500_0363385, MAPS-NGP O_500_0363569, MCG +02-36-014, MCG +02-36-017, MCG +02-36-019, MCG +02-36-020, MCG +02-36-022, MCG +02-36-024, MCG +02-36-025, NGC 5416, NGC 5423, NGC 5424, NGC 5431, NGC 5434, NGC 5434B, NGC 5436, NGC5416, NGC5423, NGC5424, NGC5431, NGC5434, NGC5434B, NGC5436, NPM1G +09.0354, NSA 078562, NSA 078577, NSA 078677, NSA 078686, NSA 078694, NSA 078695, NSA 144370, NVSS J140211+092625, NVSS J140255+092513, NVSS J140327+092806, PGC 049991, PGC 050028, PGC 050035, PGC 050046, PGC 050077, PGC 050087, PGC 050104, RSCG 73:[WBJ2013] A, SDSS J140211.31+092624.3, SDSS J140211.31+092624.4, SDSS J140211.32+092624.4, SDSS J140248.62+092028.9, SDSS J140248.63+092029.0, SDSS J140255.70+092514.4, SDSS J140307.14+092146.9, SDSS J140323.14+092653.1, SDSS J140323.15+092653.1, SDSS J140327.06+092801.7, SDSS J140327.10+092802.2, SDSS J140327.11+092802.2, SDSS J140341.09+093424.6, SDSS J140341.10+093424.6, SDSS-g-bar-0282, SDSS-g-eon-0487, SDSS-g-fon-0834, SDSS-i-fon-0775, SDSS-r-eon-0505, SDSS-r-fon-0822, UGC 08944, UGC 08952, UGC 08956, UGC 08965, UGC 08967, UGC 08971, USGC U596 NED23, USGC U596 NED25, USGC U596 NED27, USGC U596 NED29, USGC U596 NED31, USGC U596 NED34, UZC J140211.4+092624, UZC J140248.7+092029, UZC J140255.7+092515, UZC J140307.1+092147, UZC J140323.1+092653, UZC J140327.0+092802, UZC J140341.0+093425, WBL 486-008, WBL 486-013, WBL 486-017, WBL 486-019, WBL 486-021, WBL 486-023, WBL 486-024, [AO95] 1401.0+0943, [BDG98] J140211.5+092625, [BDG98] J140248.6+092028, [BDG98] J140255.7+092514, [BDG98] J140307.1+092146, [BDG98] J140323.2+092653, [BDG98] J140327.1+092802, [BDG98] J140341.2+093424, [DZ2015] 585-01, [DZ2015] 585-02, [DZ2015] 585-06, [KG2002] J140211.26+092623.9 , [KG2002] J140248.69+092027.3 , [KG2002] J140255.74+092513.1 , [KG2002] J140307.17+092145.5 , [KG2002] J140323.20+092651.8 , [KG2002] J140327.19+092800.9 , [KG2002] J140341.11+093423.4 , [M98j] 216 NED02, [M98j] 216 NED03, [M98j] 216 NED04, [TTL2012] 227205, [TTL2012] 229756, [TTL2012] 229995, [TTL2012] 239856, [TTL2012] 241339, [TTL2012] 241342,