Astronomy:NGC 5609
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Boötes
| NGC 5609 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5609. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 14h 23m 48.3s[1] |
| Declination | 34° 50′ 34″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.100588 [1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 30156 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 1.32682 Gly (407 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.7[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 16.5[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sa? [3] |
| Size | ~175,230 ly (estimated) |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.38 x 0.31[1] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 3088538[1] | |
NGC 5609 is a spiral galaxy[3] located 1.3 billion light-years light-years away from Earth,[4] in the constellation Boötes.[2] It has the largest redshift[5] of any galaxy in the New General Catalogue. Prior to 2023, another spiral galaxy, NGC 1262, had been thought to have a higher redshift.[6][5] NGC 5609 is the most distant visually observed galaxy in the NGC Catalog [5] and was discovered by astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney on March 1, 1851.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5609. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Revised NGC Data for NGC 5609". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC5609.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5600 - 5649" (in en-US). https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc56.htm#5609.
- ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+5609&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sky & Telescope Magazine, December 2023, pp 20
- ↑ "Which NGC spiral has the highest redshift?". http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=279656.0;prev_next=next#new.
External links
- NGC 5609 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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