Astronomy:NGC 2715

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis
NGC 2715
NGC 2715 PanS.jpg
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 2715
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCamelopardalis
Right ascension 09h 08m 06.196s[1]
Declination+78° 05′ 06.57″[1]
Redshift0.004466[2]
Helio radial velocity1339 km/s[2]
Distance67.35 ± 10.92 Mly (20.650 ± 3.347 Mpc)[2]
Group or clusterNGC 2715 group[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.56[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)11.79[4]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)c[2]
Size98,000 ly (30,100 pc)[2][note 1]
Apparent size (V)4.9 × 1.7[2]
Other designations
UGC 4759, MGC+13-07-015, PGC 25676[5]

NGC 2715 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It was discovered in 1871 by Alphonse Borrelly.[6] It is an intermediate spiral galaxy that is 4.9 arcminutes wide.[2]

SN 1987M, a supernova, was discovered in NGC 2715.[7]

References

  1. 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. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "NED results for object NGC 2509". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+2509&extend=no&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. 
  3. Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Dolphin, Andrew E.; Fisher, J. Richard; Héraudeau, Philippe; Jacobs, Bradley A.; Karachentsev, Igor D.; Makarov, Dmitry et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal 146 (4): 86. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. Bibcode2013AJ....146...86T. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Héraudeau, Philippe; Simien, François (1996). "Optical and I-band surface photometry of spiral galaxies. I. The data". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 118: 111–155. doi:10.1051/aas:1996185. Bibcode1996A&AS..118..111H. 
  5. "NGC 2715". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+2715. 
  6. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 2700 - 2749". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc27.htm#2715. 
  7. Szeidl, Béla; Lovas, Miklós (1987). "Supernova 1987M in NGC 2715". IAU Circular 4451 (4451): 1. Bibcode1987IAUC.4451....1S. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/04400/04451.html#Item0. 

Notes

  1. RC3 D0 (blue) values used.

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Coordinates: Sky map 09h 08m 06.2s, +78° 05′ 06.6″