Astronomy:NGC 5229
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Short description: Spiral galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici
| NGC 5229 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 5229 by GALEX (ultraviolet) | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
| Right ascension | 13h 34m 02.9s |
| Declination | +44° 02′ 17″ |
| Redshift | +363/+461 km/s |
| Distance | 5.13 / 7.28 Mpc[1][2] (16.7 / 23.7 million ly) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.3 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)d |
| Apparent size (V) | 3.58′ × 0.45' |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 8550, PGC 47788, ZWG 246.13, FGC 1638 | |
NGC 5229 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is a member of the M51 Group although in reality it is relatively isolated from other galaxies.[3] The galaxy's disc is somewhat warped and appears to consist of a series of interconnected clusters of stars from our vantage point on Earth.[1][4] It is approximately 7 kiloparsecs (23,000 light-years) in diameter and is about 13.7 billion years old.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 M. E. Sharina; I.D. Karachentsev; N. A. Tikhonov (1999). "Distances to Eight Nearby Isolated Low-Luminosity Galaxies". Astronomy Letters 25 (5): 322. Bibcode: 1999AstL...25..322S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NED results for NGC 5229". NED via University of California. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+5229&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.
- ↑ E. Florido; E. Battaner; M. Prieto; E. Mediavilla et al. (1991). "Corrugations in the discs of spiral galaxies NGC 4244 and 5023". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 251 (2): 193–198. doi:10.1093/mnras/251.2.193. Bibcode: 1991MNRAS.251..193F.
- ↑ T. Bremnes; B. Binggeli P. Prugniel (1999-03-23). "Structure and Stellar content of Dwarf Galaxies - III. B and R photometry of dwarf galaxies in the M101 group and the nearby field.". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 137 (2): 337–350. doi:10.1051/aas:1999486. Bibcode: 1999A&AS..137..337B.
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