NGC 5619

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NGC 5619
NGC5619 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 5619
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension 14h 27m 18.229s [1]
Declination +04° 48′ 10.15″ [1]
Redshift 0.02788 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 8242 km/s [2]
Distance 390  Mly (121  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.40 [3]
Characteristics
Type SAB(rs)b [4]
Other designations
UGC 9255, MCG +01-37-012, PGC 51610 [2]

NGC 5619 (also known as NGC 5619A) is an intermediate spiral galaxy [3] in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was found on April 10, 1828, by the British astronomer John Herschel. [5] It is located about 390 million light-years (120 Mpc) away from the Sun. [3]

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NGC 5619 is a radio galaxy. [2]

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  3. 1 2 3 4 Gil de Paz, Armando; et al. (December 2007). "The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 173 (2): 185–255. arXiv: astro-ph/0606440 . Bibcode:2007ApJS..173..185G. doi:10.1086/516636. S2CID   119085482.
  4. ↑ "Results for object NGC 5619 (NGC 5619)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  5. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5600 - 5649". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-04.


  1. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 5619". spider.seds.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
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