NGC 5609

NGC 5609
SDSS image of NGC 5609.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationBoötes
Right ascension14h 23m 48.3s
Declination34° 50′ 34″
Redshift0.100588
Heliocentric radial velocity30156 km/s
Distance1.32682 Gly (407 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)15.7
Apparent magnitude (B)16.5
Characteristics
TypeSa?
Size~175,230 ly (estimated)
Apparent size (V)0.38 x 0.31
Other designations
PGC 3088538

NGC 5609 is a spiral galaxy located 1.3 billion light-years light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Boötes. It has the largest redshift of any galaxy in the New General Catalogue. Prior to 2023, another spiral galaxy, NGC 1262, had been thought to have a higher redshift. NGC 5609 is the most distant visually observed galaxy in the NGC Catalog and was discovered by civil engineer Bindon Blood Stoney on March 1, 1851.

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. 1 2 3 "Sky & Telescope - December 2023 - 20". www.nxtbook.com. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  6. ↑ "Which NGC spiral has the highest redshift?". www.galaxyzooforum.org. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  7. ↑ Spear, W. F.; Cox, R. C. (23 September 2004). "Stoney, Bindon Blood (1828–1909), civil engineer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36319. Retrieved 15 July 2026. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)