NGC 5559

NGC 5559
NGC 5559 taken by Hubble Space Telescope.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationBoötes
Right ascension14h 19m 12.792s
Declination+24° 47′ 55.01″
Redshift0.01717
Heliocentric radial velocity5103 ± 3 km/s
Distance252.1 Mly (77.30 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)14.81
Characteristics
TypeSBb
Other designations
UGC 9166, MCG +04-34-017, PGC 51155

NGC 5559 is a barred spiral galaxy, located 240 million light-years away in the constellation of Boötes. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on April 10, 1785.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 5559:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mysterious supernovae". www.esahubble.org. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 1 2 3 "NGC 5559". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Search specification: NGC 5559". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  6. ↑ "Results for object NGC 5559 (NGC 5559)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  7. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5550 - 5599". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  8. ↑ Aazami, A. B.; Li, W. D. (2001). "Supernova 2001co in NGC 5559". International Astronomical Union Circular (7643): 2. Bibcode:2001IAUC.7643....2A.
  9. ↑ "SN 2001co". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  10. ↑ "SN 2001co". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
  11. ↑ Filippenko, A. V.; Chornock, R.; Swift, B.; Modjaz, M.; Simcoe, R.; Rauch, M. (30 June 2003). "Supernovae 2001co, 2003H, 2003dg, and 2003dr". International Astronomical Union Circular (8159): 2. Bibcode:2003IAUC.8159....2F.