Astronomy:NGC 5754
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Boötes
| NGC 5754 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) NGC 5754 (top) and NGC 5752 (bottom) by Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 14h 45m 19.666s[1] |
| Declination | +38° 43′ 52.68″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.015210[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 4,561[2] km/s |
| Distance | 218.0 Mly (66.83[3] Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.8[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBb[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.24′ × 1.17′[4] |
| Notable features | paired with NGC 5752 |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 52686, SDSS J144519.64+384352.3, UGC 9505 | |
NGC 5754 is a barred spiral galaxy located 218 million light years away in the constellation Boötes. It is a member of the Arp 297 interacting galaxies group, which consists of NGC 5752, NGC 5753, NGC 5754, NGC 5755. Along with NGC 2718 and UGC 12158, NGC 5754 is often considered a Milky Way-twin.
References
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Baillard, A. et al. (August 2011), "The EFIGI catalogue of 4458 nearby galaxies with detailed morphology", Astronomy & Astrophysics 532: A74, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016423, Bibcode: 2011A&A...532A..74B.
- ↑ 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, Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "NED results for object NGC 5754", NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NASA), http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+5754&list_limit=5, retrieved 2015-10-28.
External links
- Distance
- Image NGC 5754
- NGC 5754 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
- SIMBAD data
Coordinates: 
14h 45m 19.64s, +38° 43′ 54″
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