NGC 5821

NGC 5821
SDSS image of NGC 5821
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationBoötes
Right ascension14h 58m 59.722s[1]
Declination+53° 55′ 23.41″[1]
Redshift0.011261±0.000037[2] km/s
Distance169.2 Mly (51.89 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.6[3]
Characteristics
TypeSc[4]
Apparent size (V)1.31′ × 0.70′[2]
Other designations
2MASX J14585972+5355234, CGCG 273-039, CGCG 274-005, IRAS F14575+5407, GC 4028, GC 4030, H 3.811., LEDA 53532, LGG 395-006, MCG+09-25-002, PGC 53532, UGC 9648, UZC J145859.7+535524, Z 273-39, Z 1457.5+5407, Z 274-5[5]

NGC 5821 is a spiral galaxy with a ring structure[4] in the constellation Boötes. It lies near a similarly massed galaxy, NGC 5820, at the same redshift. Both galaxies were discovered by the astronomer William Herschel.[6]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ApJ131_1163 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference aj108_6_2128 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Crook2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 5821". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference NED was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5800 - 5849". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.