NGC 5746
Mini Sombrero Galaxy in Virgo

10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with Astronomik UHC filter
Exposure = 15-29 sec, Live Stacked frames = 25-15 (40 total), Gain = 25-40 of 250

Also known as the Blade and Pearl Galaxy, NGC 5746 is a spiral that we see nearly edge-on, appearing about 5 arcminutes long in this image. A least three foreground stars are superimposed on the lower edge. Hints of a dark lane are visible on the north side of the disk. The bright star to the left is 109 Virginis, a 3.7 magnitude star 134.5 light years away that forms one of the “feet” of the constellation Virgo. NGC 5746 is 95 million light years away.

North at 1 o’clock, East at 10 o’clock