NGC 5846/ 5850
Virgo
Penryn, California
April 2005/ May 2008
FS-128 (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME RGB 15 minute subs (RGB 2x2)
ST-2000XM L 10 minute subs (May 2008)
NGC 5846 is the elliptical galaxy at upper
left and NGC 5850 is the spiral galaxy . NGC 5850 is classified as SBa-b
and is a barred intra-ring galaxy that suffered a high speed encounter with NGC
5846. The red shift distance to the group is 80 Mly.
Surface brightness of NGC 5850 is listed as
14.8 magnitude.