NGC 5837

NGC 5837 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It was discovered on 19 June 1887 by Lewis A. Swift.[2]

NGC 5837
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationBoötes
Right ascension 15h 04m 40.6s[1]
Declination+12° 38 00[1]
Redshift0.028723[1]
Distance363.3 ± 58.3 Mly
(111.4 ± 17.9 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.5[1]
Characteristics
TypeSB(s)b[1]
Apparent size (V)1.0' × 0.6'[1]
Other designations
UGC 09686, PGC 053817.[1]

Supernovae

A Type Ia Supernova, SN 2014ac, was discovered 9 March 2014, and on 16 June 2015, a Type IIN Supernova, SN 2015z, was discovered.[3]

References

  1. "NED Results for Object NGC 5837". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. Seligman, Courtney. "NGC Objects: NGC 5800 - 5849". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. "List of Supernovae". IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. IAU. Retrieved 23 February 2017.


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