NGC 5363 is a prominent member of a galaxy group that includes:
NGC 5364: A stunning “grand design” spiral galaxy located nearby in the sky. While they appear as a pair, there is debate among astronomers whether they are gravitationally interacting.
Other Members: The group also contains smaller galaxies like NGC 5300, NGC 5348, NGC 5356, IC 966, and NGC 5360. There are another hundred galaxies in this photograph. See plate solved results in Astrobin.
Location: This group belongs to the Virgo III Groups, a chain of galaxies stretching across 40 million light-years of space.
Imaged from my driveway in the hills of western North Carolina. APT used for session management and automation. 90 3 minute subframes using a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED paired with a ZWO ASI2600MC camera cooled to 14f. These atop a Skywatcher Eq6r Pro mount. The subframes were calibrated, debayered, aligned, integrated, and processed in PixInsight.
