NGC 5754 is a barred spiral galaxy located 218 million light years away in the constellation Boötes. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 16 May 1787.[5]
| NGC 5754 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) NGC 5754 (top) and NGC 5752 (bottom) imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 14h 45m 19.666s[1] |
| Declination | +38° 43′ 52.68″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.015210[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 4,561[2] km/s |
| Distance | 218.0 Mly (66.83[3] Mpc) |
| Group or cluster | Arp 297 |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.8[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBb[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.24′ × 1.17′[4] |
| Notable features | paired with NGC 5752 |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 9505, PGC 52686, SDSS J144519.64+384352.3 | |
NGC 5754 is listed in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 297, an interacting galaxies group, which consists of NGC 5752, NGC 5753, NGC 5754, NGC 5755. Along with NGC 2718 and UGC 12158, NGC 5754 is often considered a twin of the Milky Way.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 5754: SN 2021mnj (type II, mag. 18.8).[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ a b c Baillard, A.; et al. (August 2011), "The EFIGI catalogue of 4458 nearby galaxies with detailed morphology", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 532: A74, arXiv:1103.5734, Bibcode:2011A&A...532A..74B, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016423, S2CID 118520765.
- ^ Crook, Aidan C.; et al. (February 2007), "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey", The Astrophysical Journal, 655 (2): 790–813, arXiv:astro-ph/0610732, Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C, doi:10.1086/510201, S2CID 11672751.
- ^ a b "NED results for object NGC 5754", NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, NASA, retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 5754". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "SN 2021mnj". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
External links
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Media related to NGC 5754 at Wikimedia Commons- Distance Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Image NGC 5754
- NGC 5754 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
- SIMBAD data
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