Wallpaper author:
Jared Greer
20 Dec 2025
Galaxy NGC 5033
NGC 5033 is an unbarred Seyfert type 1 spiral galaxy located in the constellation Canes Venatici. Its distance is approximately 40 million light years from earth. It is powered by an active nucleus containing a supermassive black hole. With an apparent magnitude of 10.75, it is bright enough and large enough in the sky for amateur astronomers to see with any telescope.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 5033
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 198.3647 Dec 36.5936
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................21 Feb 2020 - 02 Jul 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 820 | 11h10m | 49 |
| Red | 239 | 3h15m | 49 |
| Green | 269 | 3h35m | 48 |
| Blue | 281 | 3h45m | 48 |