Spiral galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici
| NGC 5229 |
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 NGC 5229 by GALEX (ultraviolet) |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) |
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| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
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| Right ascension | 13h 34m 02.9s |
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| Declination | +44° 02′ 17″ |
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| Redshift | +363/+461 km/s |
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| Distance | 5.13 / 7.28 Mpc[1][2]
(16.7 / 23.7 million ly) |
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| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.3 |
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| Characteristics |
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| Type | SB(s)d |
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| Apparent size (V) | 3.58′ × 0.45' |
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| Other designations |
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| UGC 8550, PGC 47788, ZWG 246.13, FGC 1638 |
NGC 5229 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is a member of the M51 Group although in reality it is relatively isolated from other galaxies.[3] The galaxy's disc is somewhat warped and appears to consist of a series of interconnected clusters of stars from our vantage point on Earth.[1][4] It is approximately 7 kiloparsecs (23,000 light-years) in diameter and is about 13.7 billion years old.[2]
References
- ^ a b M. E. Sharina; I.D. Karachentsev & N. A. Tikhonov (1999). "Distances to Eight Nearby Isolated Low-Luminosity Galaxies". Astronomy Letters. 25 (5): 322. Bibcode:1999AstL...25..322S.
- ^ a b "NED results for NGC 5229". NED via University of California. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ^ E. Florido; E. Battaner; M. Prieto; E. Mediavilla; et al. (1991). "Corrugations in the discs of spiral galaxies NGC 4244 and 5023". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 251 (2): 193–198. Bibcode:1991MNRAS.251..193F. doi:10.1093/mnras/251.2.193.
- ^ T. Bremnes; B. Binggeli P. Prugniel (1999-03-23). "Structure and Stellar content of Dwarf Galaxies - III. B and R photometry of dwarf galaxies in the M101 group and the nearby field". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 137 (2): 337–350. arXiv:astro-ph/9903348. Bibcode:1999A&AS..137..337B. doi:10.1051/aas:1999486. S2CID 8834258.
External links
Media related to NGC 5229 at Wikimedia Commons
| NGC | - NGC 5224
- NGC 5225
- NGC 5226
- NGC 5227
- NGC 5228
- NGC 5229
- NGC 5230
- NGC 5231
- NGC 5232
- NGC 5233
- NGC 5234
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| PGC | - PGC 47784
- PGC 47785
- PGC 47786
- PGC 47787
- PGC 47788
- PGC 47789
- PGC 47790
- PGC 47791
- PGC 47792
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| UGC | - UGC 8546
- UGC 8547
- UGC 8548
- UGC 8549
- UGC 8550
- UGC 8551
- UGC 8552
- UGC 8553
- UGC 8554
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