NGC 5665

NGC 5665
Hubble Space Telescope view of NGC 5665
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationBoötes
Right ascension14h 32m 25.796s[1]
Declination+08° 04′ 42.43″[1]
Redshift0.007431±0.000017[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity2,237 km/s[3]
Distance53.6 ± 7.7 Mly (16.44 ± 2.37 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.7[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.50[5]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)c pec?[6]
Mass6×1010[5] M☉
Apparent size (V)1.653′ × 1.257′[1]
Other designations
GC 3923, IRAS F14299+0818, 2MASX J14322579+0804424, NGC 5665, UGC 9352, LEDA 51953, MCG +01-37-024, PGC 51953, CGCG 047.084, VV 412[7]

NGC 5665 is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Boötes. It was discovered on January 30, 1784 by German-British astronomer William Herschel.[8] This galaxy is located at a distance of 53.6 ± 7.7 million light-years (16.44 ± 2.37 Mpc),[3] and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 2,237 km/s.[3] It is cataloged in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as object number 49.[5]

SDSS image of NGC 5665

The morphological classification of NGC 5665 is unclear and differs by author.[5] In the De Vaucouleurs system it was classified as SAB(rs)c pec?,[6] which indicates a weakly-barred spiral galaxy (SAB) with a transitional inner ring structure (rs), loosely wound spiral arms (c), and suspected peculiarities (pec?). The galactic plane is inclined at an angle of 53°±5° to the plane of the sky,[3] with the major axis aligned along a position angle of 145°.[5]

Evidence suggests that NGC 5665 underwent a gravitational interaction with another galaxy some 500 million years ago, swallowing a smaller companion.[5] It is somewhat asymmetrical in appearance,[6] retaining a single main spiral arm and the remains of several others. The galaxy is rich in dust and gas with a small bar at the center. There are numerous sites of star formation in the arm that match the age of the interaction.[5] The spectrum of the core is a blend between a LINER and an H II region.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Skrutskie, Michael F.; et al. (February 1, 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.
  2. ^ Chengalur, Jayaram N.; Salpeter, E. E.; Terzian, Yervant (December 1993), "Dynamics of Binary Galaxies. I. Wide Pairs", Astrophysical Journal, 419: 30, Bibcode:1993ApJ...419...30C, doi:10.1086/173456.
  3. ^ a b c d e Kourkchi, Ehsan; et al. (October 23, 2020), "Cosmicflows-4: The Catalog of ∼10,000 Tully–Fisher Distances", The Astrophysical Journal, 902 (2): 145, arXiv:2009.00733, Bibcode:2020ApJ...902..145K, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abb66b, ISSN 1538-4357.
  4. ^ "NED results for object NGC 5665", NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, NASA, retrieved 2015-10-19.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Artamonov, B. P.; et al. (September 2000), "BVRI CCD photometry of the peculiar galaxies NGC 5605 and NGC 5665", Astronomy Reports, 44 (9): 569–578, Bibcode:2000ARep...44..569A, doi:10.1134/1.1307552.
  6. ^ a b c d Thomas, H. C.; Dunne, L.; Clemens, M. S.; Alexander, P.; Eales, S.; Green, D. A. (February 2002), "The distribution of atomic gas and dust in nearby galaxies - I. Presentation of matched-resolution VLA H I and SCUBA 850-μm maps", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 329 (4): 747–758, Bibcode:2002MNRAS.329..747T, doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05035.x.
  7. ^ "NGC 5665", SIMBAD, Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2024-04-14.
  8. ^ Seligman, COurtney, "NGC Objects: NGC 5650 - 5699", Celestial Atlas, retrieved 2024-04-14.

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