Astronomy:NGC 5615
From HandWiki
Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Boötes
| NGC 5615 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 5615, (bright knot in outer ring of biggest galaxy), NGC 5613, and NGC 5614 as imaged at the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 14h 24m 06.4s[1] |
| Declination | +34° 51′ 54″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.013151 ± 0.000085[2] (3,953[3] km/s) |
| Distance | 180 ± 13 Mly (55.1 ± 3.9 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 17.8[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Ir[4] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.10′ × 0.09′[2] |
| Notable features | NGC 5615 superimposed, tidal plumes, paired with NGC 5613. |
| Other designations | |
| GC 3883, LGG 380-004, MCG+06-32-023, PGC 51435, VV 77b | |
NGC 5615 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It is part of the Arp 178 triplet of interacting galaxies with NGC 5614 and NGC 5613. NGC 5615 forms a knot on the outer ring of NGC 5614, with a plume leading away from the knot.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paturel, G. et al. (December 2003), "HYPERLEDA. I. Identification and designation of galaxies", Astronomy and Astrophysics 412: 45–55, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031411, Bibcode: 2003A&A...412...45P.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NED results for object NGC 5615", NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NASA), https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+5615&list_limit=5, retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ↑ Garcia, A. (1993). "General study of group membership. II - Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 100: 47–90. Bibcode: 1993A&AS..100...47G.
- ↑ "NGC 5615". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5615.
- ↑ Capaccioli, M.; Malvasi, G. (1984), "N-body simulations of the peculiar ring-tail galaxy NGC 5614/15", Società Astronomica Italiana, Annual Meeting, 27th, Brescia, Italy, Oct. 21-23, 1983 Società Astronomica Italiana, Memorie 55 (3): pp. 443–450, Bibcode: 1984MmSAI..55..443C.
External links
 |  |
