NGC 5643 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Lupus |
Right ascension | 14h 32m 40.7s [1] |
Declination | −44° 10′ 28″ [1] |
Redshift | 1199 ± 2 km/s [1] |
Distance | 41 Mly (12.5 Mpc) [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.7 |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB(rs)c [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 4.6′ × 4.0′ [1] |
Other designations | |
ESO 272- G 016, MCG -07-30-003, PGC 51969 [1] |
NGC 5643 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Lupus. Based on the tip of the red-giant branch distance indicator, it is located at a distance of about 40 million light-years (12.5 megaparsecs). [2] NGC 5643 has an active galactic nucleus and is a type II Seyfert galaxy.
The galaxy was first discovered by James Dunlop on May 10, 1826, with his 9-inch reflector telescope, who described it as exceedingly faint. The galaxy was also spotted by John Herschel and added to the General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters as number 3572. The galaxy is located only 15 degrees from the galactic plane. [3]
NGC 5643 is a grand design spiral galaxy, with two well-defined, symmetric arms. In the circumnuclear region are other dust spirals, but the two main dust arms are wider. [4] The galaxy is seen nearly face on, at an inclination of ~ 27°.
The galaxy has a low-luminosity active galactic nucleus of Seyfert 2 type and is also a luminous infrared galaxy. The galaxy has a double sided diffuse radiojet. The galaxy exhibits an extended emission line region elongated in a direction close to the radio position angle of 87°±3°. Chris Simpson et al. analysed images takes from the WFPC2 camera of the Hubble Space Telescope in [O III] λ5007 and Hα and found emission extending eastward for at least 1.8 kpc and in the [O III]/Hα map a well-defined V-shaped structure that they identified as the projection of a tridimensional ionisation cone, which shares the same axis with the radio emission. A dust lane perpendicular to this axis obstructs the nucleus from direct view. [6] A disk of material was found when the data cubes of VLT were analysed. It is aligned with the nucleus and circles it and possibly provides gas to the active galactic nucleus. [7] The mass of the supermassive black hole has been estimated based on the galaxy stellar velocity dispersion to be 106.4 M⊙. [8] It has been proposed that the gas outflow has led to star formation on two locations on the bar of the galaxy which lie at the location where the gas from the nucleus encounters the dense material of the bar. [9]
Via observations of the galaxy from the XMM Newton telescope in 2009, the galaxy is found to have a Compton–thick active galactic nucleus. Also the galaxy emits soft X-rays, mainly from photoionized matter. [10] The presence of the compton-thick column which obstructs the nucleus was confirmed from observations by NuSTAR. [11]
In 2004, Guainazzi et al. detected in the images from XMM-Newton an ultraluminous X-ray source, named NGC 5643 ULX1, located within 0.8 arcminutes from the nucleus. The source outshone the nucleus in X-rays and if it is located within NGC 5643 its luminosity is over 1040 erg/s. Its luminosity is variable. [12] The X-rays could be produced either by an advection dominated disc or a Comptonising corona and the X-ray source is considered to be a black hole of stellar origin of approximately 30 solar masses. [13]
NGC 5643 has been the home of two supernovae: SN 2013aa and SN 2017cbv. SN 2013aa was discovered at magnitude 11.9 by Stuart Parker from New Zealand, on a 30-s unfiltered CCD image taken on 13.621 UT February 2013, as part of the Backyard Observatory Supernova Search. [14] It was classified as a Type Ia a few days before maximum brightness. [15]
SN 2017cbv was discovered on 10 March 2017 by the Swope 1-m telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, and was classified as a very young Ia supernova. It increased in magnitude from 15.8 to 14.8 within the next day. [16]
NGC 5643 has a satellite dwarf galaxy, ESO 273-014. [17] NGC 5643 is the foremost member of a small galaxy group that also includes NGC 5530. [18]
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NGC 3227 is an intermediate spiral galaxy that is interacting with the dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 3226. The two galaxies are one of several examples of a spiral with a dwarf elliptical companion that are listed in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. Both galaxies may be found in the constellation Leo. It is a member of the NGC 3227 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster.
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NGC 7469 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus. NGC 7469 is located about 200 million light-years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 7469 is approximately 90,000 light-years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on November 12, 1784.
NGC 3367 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It is located at a distance of about 120 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3367 is about 85,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on March 19, 1784.
NGC 7213 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Grus. It is located at a distance of circa 70 million light-years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 7213 is about 75,000 light-years across. It was discovered by John Herschel on September 30, 1834. It is an active galaxy with characteristics between a type I Seyfert galaxy and LINER.
NGC 7130 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. It is located at a distance of about 220 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 7130 is about 100,000 light years across. It was discovered by John Herschel on September 25, 1834, and discovered independently by Lewis Swift on September 17, 1897. The location of the galaxy given in the New General Catalogue was off by 30 arcminutes in declination from the location of the galaxy.
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