Astronomy:NGC 5485

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NGC 5485
A bright, spherical galaxy surrounded by stars
Image of NGC 5485 by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Right ascension 14h 07m 11.359s[1]
Declination55° 00′ 06.084″[1]
Redshift0.00635[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.22[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.82[3]
Characteristics
TypeLenticular

NGC 5485 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 14, 1789.[4]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 5485: SN 1982W (Type I, mag. 15) was discovered by Miklós Lovas on 14 December 1982.[5] The original report had mistakenly identified the host galaxy as NGC 5473, but R. Wood and J. Sinclair at the Royal Greenwich Observatory correctly confirmed the host as NGC 5485.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. et al. (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3". Astronomy & Astrophysics 649: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. 
  2. ↑ Aihara, Hiroaki et al. (2011). "The Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 193 (2): 29. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/193/2/29. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Finkelman, Ido; Brosch, Noah; Funes, José G.; Kniazev, Alexei Y.; Väisänen, Petri (2010). "Ionized gas in E/S0 galaxies with dust lanes". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 407 (4): 2475–2500. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17070.x. 
  4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5450 - 5499". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc54a.htm#5485. 
  5. ↑ "SN 1982W". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1982W. 
  6. ↑ Szeidl, B.; Lovas, M. (1982). "Supernova in NGC 5473". International Astronomical Union Circular (3754): 2. Bibcode: 1982IAUC.3754....2S. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/03700/03754.html#item2. 
  7. ↑ Wachmann, A. A. (1982). "Supernova in NGC 5485". International Astronomical Union Circular (3756): 1. Bibcode: 1982IAUC.3756....1W. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/03700/03756.html#Item1. 

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