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Marius Dinga
13 Sept 2025
IC 5332
IC 5332, also known as PGC 71775, is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. Viewed from earth, it is nearly face on. It has a very small central bulge and open spiral arms accounting for its SABc classification. It is a somewhat tenuous spiral galaxy with a very low surface brightness of just 23.8 mag/squ arc sec.
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IC 5332
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