This tight pair of galaxies can be found in easternmost Virgo and offer contrasting views of two different galaxy types. On the left, NGC5850is a 10.7 magnitude SBb barred spiral, 4 arcmins in size. The yellow bar is surrounded by a nearly perfect ring of blue stars tangent to the ends of the bar.

On the right, NGC5846 is an Elliptical galaxy, 3.5 arcmins in size, and a brighter 10th magnitude. Its tawny coloration is also seen here. Its companion, just below and inside the glow of the main galaxy is NGC5846a, a 13.8 magnitude small elliptical type that is .4 arcmins in extent.

Processing: DDP followed by RL deconvolution.

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG ST7E w/Enhanced Cooling
Exposure:  LRGB = 60:20:20:20 (RGB Binned 2x2)
RGB Combine Ratio:  1: .95: 1.8
Filters:  RGB Tricolor
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FMHW = 2.8 arcsec, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  20 C
CCD Temperature:  -15 C
Processing:  Maxim DL, Photoshop, AIP4WIN, PW Pro.

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