NGC 5746 “The Small Sombrero”

NGC 5746 is a barred spiral galaxy seen near edge on in Virgo. It is located 99 million light years from here. The galaxy is quite massive and has a large halo of hot gas surrounding the central disk region.

The image shows intricate dust lanes throughout the galaxy, given the edge on presentation the shape of the spiral arms is not visible.

Imaged in LRGB on our PlaneWave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.