Astronomy:NGC 5201
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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major
| NGC 5201 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5201 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 13h 29m 16.212s[1] |
| Declination | +53° 04′ 55.14″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.02909[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 8594 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 408.8 Mly (125.34 Mpc)[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sb[2] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 8480, MCG+09-22-069, PGC 47324[2] | |
NGC 5201 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered on April 14, 1789 by German-born British astronomer William Herschel.[4] It is about 384 million light years away.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 5201". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5201.
- ↑ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal 655 (2): 790–813. doi:10.1086/510201. Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C.
- ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5200 - 5249". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc52.htm#5201.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 5201 - In-The-Sky.org". https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC5201.
External links
- NGC 5201 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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