NGC 5613
| Galaxy NGC 5613 |
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| Image of the galaxies NGC 5613, NGC 5614 and NGC 5615 (from right to left) with an 80 cm telescope; NGC 5613 is right below center. | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 24 m 05.9 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 53 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB (r) 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 18 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028333 +/- 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 8494 +/- 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(383 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (117.5 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Stoney |
| Discovery date | March 1, 1851 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5613 • UGC 9228 • PGC 51433 • MCG + 06-32-21 • 2MASX J14240596 + 3453310 • Arp 178 NED01 • VV 77 • NPM1G +35.0310 | |
NGC 5613 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Bear Keeper in the northern sky . Together with her companions NGC 5614 and NGC 5615 , she forms the interactive trio Arp 178 . Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class galaxies with narrow opposing arms .
The galaxy was discovered on March 1, 1851 by the Irish astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7