NGC 5879
Canes Venatici
Penryn, California
May 2010
FS-128 (ag, ST-4)
ST-2000XM LRGB 10 minute subs
NGC 5879 is the type SBab galaxy with a mag. 15.1 surface brightness,
redshift distance is 161 Mly.
There is a dwarf companion galaxy
( KISSR 396) too dim to be recorded with my
equipment (Fliss, et.al. 2010).