NGC 5907 is an edge-on galaxy in the constellation
Draco. Sometimes known as the Splinter galaxy,
NGC 5907 is 173 kly across and 46.5 Mly away.
Japanese astronomer Yasuo Sano discovered
supernova 2026kid in this galaxy on
22 April, 2026.
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Date: 20 June 2026
FOV: cropped to 20' × 13' 20"; the apparent size
of NGC 5907 is about 12.7′ × 1.4′
Rotation: 90.003°
Telescope: Orion 127mm Mak-Cass (1382mm, nominally 1540mm, f/12.1)
Guiding: ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
Stellarvue FO50G-IW f/4 guide scope
Computer: ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
Mount: ZWO AM5
Camera: ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 90
Pixel size: 4.78 μm
Resolution: 0.713 arcsec/pixel
Stacking: thirty-eight 300 second frames using Pixinsight
Calibration: 20 flats, 20 dark flats, and 20 darks
Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
Processing: Pixinsight – DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT, DynCrop → Linear
MAS, MStr, GHS, HST, PMath MAS + MStr + GHS + HST, Sat → Stars
Linear, StarXT, MAS, HDRMST6PhLm, Sat → Starless,
PMath ~(~Stars*~Starless) → Blend, DynCrop/Scale
Location: Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY
