NGC 5201 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered on April 14, 1789 by German-born British astronomer William Herschel.[4] It is about 384 million light years away.[5]
| NGC 5201 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5201 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 13h 29m 16.212s[1] |
| Declination | +53° 04′ 55.14″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.02909[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 8594 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 408.8 Mly (125.34 Mpc)[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sb[2] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 8480, MCG +09-22-069, PGC 47324[2] | |
References
edit- ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ a b c d "NGC 5201". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5200 - 5249". cseligman.com.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 5201 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org.
External links
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Media related to NGC 5201 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 5201 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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