NGC 5806

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NGC 5806
NGC 5806 Hubble WikiSky.jpg
NGC 5806 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension 15h 00m 00.4123s [1]
Declination +01° 53 28.756 [1]
Redshift 0.004493 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 1346 ± 21 km/s [2]
Distance 68  Mly (21  Mpc) [3]
Group or cluster NGC 5806 Group (LGG 392) [4]
Apparent magnitude  (V)11.70 [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)12.40 [3]
Characteristics
Type SAB(s)b [1] [3]
Size~73,900  ly (22.65  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)3.1′ × 1.6′ [3]
Other designations
IRAS 14574+0205, UGC 9645, MCG +00-38-014, PGC 53578, CGCG 020-041 [2] [1]

NGC 5806 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 24 February 1786. [5] It is located about 70 million light-years (21 Megaparsecs) away from the Milky Way. [3] It is a member of the NGC 5846 Group. [2]

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Supernovae and Imposter

Supernova SN 2004dg in NGC 5806 Spotting a Supernova in NGC 5806.jpg
Supernova SN 2004dg in NGC 5806

Three supernovae and one supernova imposter have been observed in NGC 5806:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Results for object NGC 5806". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 5806". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. Garcia, A. M. (1993). "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 100: 47. Bibcode:1993A&AS..100...47G.
  5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5800 - 5849". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  6. Vagnozzi, A.; De Pasquale, D.; Guerri, F.; Guerri, G.; Cristofanelli, M.; Romanelli, S.; Valentini, S.; Yamaoka, H.; Itagaki, K. (July 2004). "Supernova 2004dg". International Astronomical Union Circular (8375). International Astronomical Union. Bibcode:2004IAUC.8375....1V.
  7. "SN 2004dg". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  8. Smartt, S. J.; Eldridge, J. J.; Crockett, R. M.; Maund, J. R. (2009). "The death of massive stars - I. Observational constraints on the progenitors of Type II-P supernovae". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 395 (3): 1409. arXiv: 0809.0403 . Bibcode:2009MNRAS.395.1409S. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14506.x . S2CID   3228766.
  9. Dimai, A.; Briganti, F.; Brimacombe, J. (2012). "Supernova 2012P in NGC 5806 = PSN J14595904+0153251". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (2993): 1. Bibcode:2012CBET.2993....1D.
  10. "SN 2012P". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  11. Arcavi, Iair; Gal-Yam, Avishay; Ben-Ami, Sagi; Fox, Derek; Kasliwal, Mansi; Nugent, Peter; Howell, D. Andrew; Parrent, Jerod; Horesh, Assaf; Bellm, Eric; PTF Collaboration (2012). "PTF12os / PSN J14595904+0153251 is a Type IIb Supernova". The Astronomer's Telegram. 3881: 1. Bibcode:2012ATel.3881....1A.
  12. Sun, Ning-Chen; Maund, Justyn R.; Crowther, Paul A.; Fang, Xuan; Zapartas, Emmanouil (2021). "Towards a better understanding of supernova environments: A study of SNe 2004dg and 2012P in NGC 5806 with HST and MUSE". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 504 (2): 2253. arXiv: 2011.13667 . Bibcode:2021MNRAS.504.2253S. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab994 .
  13. Cao, Y.; Gorbikov, E.; Arcavi, I.; Ofek, E.; Gal-Yam, A.; Nugent, P.; Kasliwal, M. (2013). "IPTF discovery of a young SN candidate at z=0.00449". The Astronomer's Telegram. 5137: 1. Bibcode:2013ATel.5137....1C.
  14. Fremling, C.; Sollerman, J.; Taddia, F.; Ergon, M.; Fraser, M.; Karamehmetoglu, E.; Valenti, S.; Jerkstrand, A.; Arcavi, I.; Bufano, F.; Elias Rosa, N.; Filippenko, A. V.; Fox, D.; Gal-Yam, A.; Howell, D. A.; Kotak, R.; Mazzali, P.; Milisavljevic, D.; Nugent, P. E.; Nyholm, A.; Pian, E.; Smartt, S. (2016). "PTF12os and iPTF13bvn". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 593: A68. arXiv: 1606.03074 . doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628275. S2CID   54028503.
  15. Mauerhan, Jon C.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Graham, Melissa L.; Zheng, Weikang; Clubb, Kelsey I.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Valenti, Stefano; Brown, Peter; Smith, Nathan; Howell, D. Andrew; Arcavi, Iair (2015). "SN Hunt 248: A super-Eddington outburst from a massive cool hypergiant". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 447 (2): 1922. arXiv: 1407.4681 . Bibcode:2015MNRAS.447.1922M. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu2541 . S2CID   11415725.
  16. "Classification certificate for object 2014ib". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  17. Mauerhan, Jon C.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Johansson, Joel; Fox, Ori D.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Graham, Melissa L. (2018). "The dusty aftermath of SN Hunt 248: Merger-burst remnant?". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 473 (3): 3765. arXiv: 1702.00430 . Bibcode:2018MNRAS.473.3765M. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx2500 .