Astronomy:NGC 5470
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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo
| NGC 5470 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5470 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 14h 06m 31.999s[1] |
| Declination | +06° 01′ 45.86″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.003412[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 1021 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 67.2 Mly (20.61 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.24[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sb[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 9020, MCG+01-36-019, PGC 50317[2] | |
NGC 5470 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located between 43 and 68 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.[5][6] It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel in 1830.[7] It is a member of the Virgo III Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies.[8]
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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 "NGC 5470". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5470.
- ↑ Tully, R. Brent (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal 146 (4): 86. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. Bibcode: 2013AJ....146...86T.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Search specification: NGC 5470". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%205470. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ↑ "NGC 5470". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC%205470.
- ↑ "NGC 5470.". http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/5470.
- ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5450 - 5499". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc54a.htm#5470.
- ↑ "The Virgo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/viriii.html.
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