Astronomy:NGC 5533
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Boötes
Coordinates: 
14h 16m 07.74475s, +35° 20′ 37.7796″
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 SDSS image of NGC 5533 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 14h 16m 07.74475s[1] |
| Declination | +35° 20′ 37.7796″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.01282[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 3818 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 177 Mly (54.3 Mpc)[3] |
| Group or cluster | NGC 5557 Group |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.81[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.68[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA(rs)ab[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 9133, MCG+06-31-089, PGC 50973[2] | |
NGC 5533 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on May 1, 1785.[5] It has a regular structure, with one tightly wound spiral; its disk is inclined about 53 degrees towards the line of sight.[3]
It is a member of the NGC 5557 Group, along with several other galaxies.[6]
Gallery
NGC 5533 (2MASS)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 5533". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5533.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Marchuk, A. A.; Sotnikova, N. Y. (2018). "Two-component gravitational instability in spiral galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 475 (4): 4891–4910. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty100.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Search specification: NGC 5533". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%205533.
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5500 - 5549". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc55.htm#5533. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ "NAME NGC 5557 Group". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NAME+NGC+5557+Group.
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