NGC 5676 is an
unbarred spiral galaxy in the
constellation Boötes.
Disk
This spiral galaxy is notably asymmetric. The
spiral arm
Spiral galaxies form a class of galaxy originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work ''The Realm of the Nebulae''[nucleus
Nucleus ( : nuclei) is a Latin word for the seed inside a fruit. It most often refers to:
*Atomic nucleus, the very dense central region of an atom
* Cell nucleus, a central organelle of a eukaryotic cell, containing most of the cell's DNA
Nucl ...]
as the spiral arms on the north side.
Because of the fragmentary appearance of some of the spiral arms, this galaxy is classified as a
flocculent galaxy.
Star formation
The north part of the disk also contains what appears to be a very intense region of
star formation.
Unusually, the star formation within this region appears to be more intense than the star formation in the galaxy's nucleus,
and it is the brightest
infrared
Infrared (IR), sometimes called infrared light, is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than those of visible light. It is therefore invisible to the human eye. IR is generally understood to encompass wavelengths from around ...
source within the disk.
References
External links
www.freewebs.com/Image NGC 5676*
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