Astronomy:NGC 5579

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NGC 5579
SDSS image of NGC 5579
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationBoötes
Right ascension 14h 20m 26.484s[1]
Declination+35° 11′ 19.66″[1]
Redshift0.01199±0.00001[1]
Helio radial velocity3,608 km/s[2]
Distance179 ± 14 Mly (54.9 ± 4.3 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.7[3]
Characteristics
TypeSABcd[4]
Apparent size (V)1.22′ × 0.93′[5]
Notable featuresSingular, disturbed
Other designations
GC 3852, IRAS 14183+3524, NGC 5579, Arp 69, UGC 9180, MCG+06-32-002, PGC 51236[6]

NGC 5579 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Boötes. It was discovered on May 1, 1785) by German-British astronomer William Herschel.[7] The galaxy is located at a distance of 179 ± 14 million light-years (54.9 ± 4.3 Mpc) from the Milky Way, and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 3,608 km/s.[2] It is entry 69 in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.[8]

NGC 5579 with Hubble

On Dec. 17, 2006, a supernova designated SN 2006ss was discovered 22.7″ north and 11.9″ east of the galactic center.[9] It was determined to be a type IIb supernova based on the spectrum.[10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Adelman-McCarthy, J. K. (2011), "The SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 8", VizieR On-line Data Catalog: II/306, Bibcode: 2011yCat.2306....0A. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Haynes, Martha P. et al. (July 2018), "The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey: The ALFALFA Extragalactic H I Source Catalog", The Astrophysical Journal 861 (1): 49, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aac956, 49, Bibcode: 2018ApJ...861...49H. 
  3. ↑ Falco, Emilio E. et al. (1999), "The Updated Zwicky Catalog (UZC)", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 111 (758): 438, doi:10.1086/316343, Bibcode: 1999PASP..111..438F. 
  4. ↑ de Vaucouleurs, Gerard; de Vaucouleurs, Antoinette; Corwin, Herold G. Jr.; Buta, Ronald J. et al. (1991), Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies, 1-3, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-540-97552-6, Bibcode: 1991rc3..book.....D. 
  5. ↑ "NED results for object NGC 5579", NASA/IPAC extragalactic Database (NASA), https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+5579&list_limit=5, retrieved 2015-10-18. 
  6. ↑ "NGC 5579". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5579. 
  7. ↑ Seligman, Courtney, "NGC Objects: NGC 5550 - 5599", Celestial Atlas, https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc55a.htm#5579, retrieved 2024-04-13. 
  8. ↑ Arp, Halton (1966), Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, Pasadena, California: California Institute of Technology, http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/frames.html, retrieved 5 Jan 2010. 
  9. ↑ Boles, T. (December 2006), "Supernova 2006ss in NGC 5579", Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (774): 1, Bibcode: 2006CBET..774....1B. 
  10. ↑ Blondin, S. et al. (December 2006), Green, D. W. E., ed., "Supernova 2006ss in NGC 5579", Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (781): 1, Bibcode: 2006CBET..781....1B. 

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Coordinates: Sky map 14h 20m 26.59s, +35° 11′ 18.6″




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