Astronomy:NGC 5545

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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Boötes
NGC 5545
N5544s.jpg
NGC 5545 (left) and NGC 5544 imaged with a 32-inch telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationBoötes
Right ascension 14h 17m 05.222s[1]
Declination+36° 34′ 30.87″[1]
Redshift0.010270±0.000033[2]
(+3070[3] km/s)
Distance158.4 Mly (48.56 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)18.5[4]
Characteristics
TypeSA(s)bc:[4]
Apparent size (V)0.08′ × 0.08′[4]
Notable featuresPaired with NGC 5544
Other designations
2MASX J14170522+3634308, ARP 199, GC 3834, IRAS 14149+3648, KPG 422b, KUG 1414+368, LEDA 51023, MCG+06-31-091, PGC 51023, PRC D-46, UGC 9143, UZC J141705.3+363432, VV 210a, VV 210.

NGC 5545 is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Boötes. It is interacting with the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5544.

References

  1. 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. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. Freudling, W. (September 1995), "Neutral hydrogen observations of galaxies in the Hercules supercluster. III. CGCG fields at the edge of the void", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 112: 429, Bibcode1995A&AS..112..429F. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 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, doi:10.1086/510201, Bibcode2007ApJ...655..790C. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "NED results for object NGC 5545", NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NASA), http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+5545&list_limit=5, retrieved 2015-10-29. 

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Database references
Simbad data

Coordinates: Sky map 14h 17m 05.25s, +36° 34′ 29.1″