NGC 5533 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on May 1, 1785.[5] It has a regular structure, with one tightly wound spiral; its disk is inclined about 53 degrees towards the line of sight.[3]
| NGC 5533 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5533 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 14h 16m 07.74475s[1] |
| Declination | +35° 20′ 37.7796″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.01282[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 3818 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 177 Mly (54.3 Mpc)[3] |
| Group or cluster | NGC 5557 Group |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.81[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.68[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA(rs)ab[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 9133, MCG +06-31-089, PGC 50973[2] | |
It is a member of the NGC 5557 Group, along with several other galaxies.[6]
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NGC 5533 (2MASS)
References
edit- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c "NGC 5533". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ a b c Marchuk, A. A.; Sotnikova, N. Y. (2018). "Two-component gravitational instability in spiral galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 475 (4): 4891–4910. arXiv:1804.07962. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty100.
- ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 5533". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5500 - 5549". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "NAME NGC 5557 Group". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
External links
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