NGC 5921 | |
---|---|
NGC 5921 as taken at the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Serpens Caput |
Right ascension | 15 21 56.5 |
Declination | +05° 04′ 14″ |
Redshift | 0.00470 ± 0.00001 |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1480 ± 1 km/s |
Distance | 65 Mly |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.5 |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(r)bc |
Apparent size (V) | 4.9′ × 4.0′ |
Other designations | |
UGC 9824, PGC 54849 |
NGC 5921 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 65 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Serpens Caput. It was discovered by William Herschel on 1 May 1786. In February 2001 a type II supernova (SN 2001X) was discovered in NGC 5921. It is a member of the Virgo III Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies.
See also
References
- ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5921. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- "NGC 5921". Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- An object's distance from Earth can be determined using Hubble's law: v=Ho is Hubble's constant (70±5 (km/s)/Mpc). The relative uncertainty Δd/d divided by the distance is equal to the sum of the relative uncertainties of the velocity and v=Ho
- "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5900 - 5949". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- "Bright Supernovae - 2001". ASRAS. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- "The Virgo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
External links
- Media related to NGC 5921 at Wikimedia Commons
- NGC 5921 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
- SEDS
- NOAO: NGC 5921 Archived 2009-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
Astronomical catalogs | |
---|---|
NGC | |
PGC | |
UGC |
Constellation of Serpens | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stars |
| ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Star clusters |
| ||||||||||||
Nebulae |
| ||||||||||||
Galaxies |
| ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Category |
This spiral galaxy article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |