NGC 5473
SDSS image of NGC 5473
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension14h 04m 43.22677s[1]
Declination+54° 53′ 33.5103″[1]
Redshift0.006558[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity1960 km/s[2]
Distance85 Mly (26.2 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.47[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.37[4]
Characteristics
TypeSAB0−(s):[5]
Other designations
UGC 9011, MCG +09-23-031, PGC 50191[2]

NGC 5473 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered on April 14, 1789 by the astronomer William Herschel.[6] Located roughly 85 million light-years (26.2 megaparsecs) away, it is part of a small galaxy group including NGC 5475 and NGC 5485.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 5473". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  3. 1 2 Hudson, Michael J.; Robison, Bailey (2018). "The correlation between the sizes of globular cluster systems and their host dark matter haloes". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 477 (3): 3869–3885. arXiv:1707.02609. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty844.
  4. 1 2 "Search specification: NGC 5473". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  5. ↑ "Results for object NGC 5473 (NGC 5473)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  6. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5450 - 5499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.

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