NGC 5821

NGC 5821
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Boötes
Right ascension 14h  58m 59.722s[1]
Declination +53° 55 23.41[1]
Redshift 0.011261±0.000037[2] km/s
Distance 169.2 Mly (51.89 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V) 14.6[3]
Characteristics
Type S[2]
Apparent size (V) 1.31′ × 0.70′[2]
Other designations
2MASX J14585972+5355234, CGCG 273-039, CGCG 274-005, IRAS F14575+5407, GC 4028, GC 4030, H 3.811., LEDA 53532, LGG 395-006, MCG+09-25-002, PGC 53532, UGC 9648, UZC J145859.7+535524, Z 273-39, Z 1457.5+5407, Z 274-5[4]

NGC 5821 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It lies near a similarly massed galaxy, NGC 5820, at the same redshift.

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, M. F.; et al. (February 2006), "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)", The Astronomical Journal, 131 (2): 1163–1183, Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S, doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. 1 2 3 Corwin, Harold G., Jr.; Buta, Ronald J.; de Vaucouleurs, G. (December 1994), "Corrections and Additions to the Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies", Astronomical Journal, 108 (6): 2128–2144, Bibcode:1994AJ....108.2128C, doi:10.1086/117225
  3. 1 2 Crook, Aidan C.; et al. (February 2007), "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey", The Astrophysical Journal, 655 (2): 790–813, arXiv:astro-ph/0610732Freely accessible, Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C, doi:10.1086/510201.
  4. "NED results for object NGC 5821", NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, NASA, retrieved 2015-10-09.

Coordinates: 14h 58m 59.79s, +53° 55′ 22.8″


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