NGC5907 · Splinter Galaxy

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Credit Sloan Digital Sky Survey · CC BY 4.0

Chinese name	裂片星系 NGC 5907
Type	Galaxy
Constellation	Dra
RA	15h16m
Dec	+56°
Apparent magnitude	11.1ᵐ
Hemisphere	Northern
Best season	Summer
Difficulty	Hard
Focal length	长焦 1000–2000mm

About

NGC 5907 lies about 50 million light-years away and is an extremely thin edge-on spiral, nicknamed the Splinter or Knife Edge Galaxy for its slender, razor-sharp profile. It presents almost perfectly edge-on, bisected by a straight dark dust lane. Very deep exposures reveal enormous looping stellar tidal streams around it, the shredded remains of a dwarf galaxy, a prized faint detail for advanced imagers.