NGC 5609

NGC 5609
SDSS image of NGC 5609.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Boötes
Right ascension 14h 23m 48.3s[1]
Declination 34° 50′ 34″[1]
Redshift 0.100588 km/s[1]
Helio radial velocity 30156 km/s[1]
Distance 1.32682 Gly (407 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 15.7[2]
Apparent magnitude (B) 16.5[2]
Characteristics
Type Sa? [3]
Size ~175,230 ly (estimated)
Apparent size (V) 0.38 x 0.31[1]
Other designations
PGC 3088538[1]

NGC 5609 is a spiral galaxy[3] located 1.3 billion light-years light-years away from Earth,[4] in the constellation Boötes.[2] It has the second largest redshift of any galaxy in the New General Catalogue. Only NGC 1262, another spiral galaxy has a higher redshift.[5] NGC 5609 was discovered by astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney on March 1, 1851.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5609. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  2. 1 2 3 "Revised NGC Data for NGC 5609". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  3. 1 2 3 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5600 - 5649". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  4. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  5. ↑ "Which NGC spiral has the highest redshift?". www.galaxyzooforum.org. Retrieved 2017-12-07.


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