NGC 5473 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered on April 14, 1789, by the astronomer William Herschel.[6] Located roughly 85 million light-years (26.2 megaparsecs) away, it is part of a small galaxy group including NGC 5475 and NGC 5485.[3]
| NGC 5473 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5473 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 14h 04m 43.22677s[1] |
| Declination | +54° 53′ 33.5103″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.006558[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1960 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 85 Mly (26.2 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.47[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.37[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB0−(s):[5] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 9011, MCG +09-23-031, PGC 50191[2] | |
References
edit- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c "NGC 5473". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ a b Hudson, Michael J.; Robison, Bailey (2018). "The correlation between the sizes of globular cluster systems and their host dark matter haloes". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 477 (3): 3869–3885. arXiv:1707.02609. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty844.
- ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 5473". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "Results for object NGC 5473 (NGC 5473)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5450 - 5499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
External links
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