Astronomy:NGC 5967

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NGC 5967
NGC 5967 imaged by Legacy Surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationApus
Right ascension 15h 48m 15.9241s[1]
Declination−75° 40′ 22.219″[1]
Redshift0.009623±0.0000190[1]
Helio radial velocity2,885±6 km/s[1]
Distance116.04 ± 2.62 Mly (35.578 ± 0.802 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.6b[1]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)c[1]
Size~115,800 ly (35.50 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)2.9′ × 1.7′[1]
Other designations
ESO 042- G 010, IRAS 15421-7531, PGC 56078[1]

NGC 5967 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Apus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2,961±8 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 142.5 ± 10.0 Mly (43.68 ± 3.06 Mpc).[1] However, 18 non-redshift measurements give a much closer mean distance of 116.04 ± 2.62 Mly (35.578 ± 0.802 Mpc).[2] It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 7 June 1836.[3]

NGC 5967 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.[4][5]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 5967:

  • SN 2009gd (Type Ic, mag. 16.4) was discovered by Peter Marples, C. Drescher, G. Bock, M. Brown and J. Moser on 9 June 2009.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 "Results for object NGC 5967". NASA and Caltech. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+5967. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Distance Results for NGC 5967". NASA. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+5967. 
  3. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 5967". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc59a.htm#5967. 
  4. ↑ Asmus, D.; Greenwell, C. L.; Gandhi, P.; Boorman, P. G.; Aird, J.; Alexander, D. M.; Assef, R. J.; Baldi, R. D. et al. (2020). "Local AGN survey (LASr): I. Galaxy sample, infrared colour selection, and predictions for AGN within 100 MPC". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 494 (2): 1784. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa766. Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.494.1784A. 
  5. ↑ "NGC 5967". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5967. 
  6. ↑ Marples, P.; Drescher, C.; Bock, G.; Brown, M.; Moser, J.; Jacques, C.; Pimentel, E. (2009). "Supernova 2009gd in NGC 5967". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (1842): 1. Bibcode: 2009CBET.1842....1M. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/cbet/001800/CBET001842.txt. 
  7. ↑ "SN 2009gd". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2009gd. 

Coordinates: Sky map 15h 48m 15.9241s, −75° 40′ 22.219″

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