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      Featured wallpaper
      Wallpaper author:
      Steve Teel

      24 Jun 2026

      NGC 5426

      NGC 5426 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 90 to 130 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It is most famous for forming Arp 271, an interacting pair alongside the similarly sized spiral galaxy NGC 5427.

      Dataset author
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CMOS

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      • Type of target
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        Galaxy
      • Camera
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        QHY 600M
      • Target coordinates
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        RA 14 03 24.8 Dec -06 04 08
      • Hemisphere
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        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Celestial objects
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        NGC 5426, NGC 5427, NGC 5428, NGC 5429, NGC 5432, NGC 5435
      • Transient event
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        No
      • Observed on
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        01 Apr 2026 - 24 May 2026
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      Luminance3002h45m33
      Red3002h40m32
      Green3003h5m37
      Blue3003h10m38

      NGC 5426