NGC 5910

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NGC 5910
NGC5910 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 5910.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Serpens
Right ascension 15h 19m 24.7s [1]
Declination +20° 53′ 47″ [1]
Redshift 0.040426 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 12119 km/s [1]
Distance 540  Mly (167  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster HCG 74
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.96 [1]
Characteristics
Type E1 [1]
Size~218,700  ly (67.06  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)0.82 x 0.77 [1]
Other designations
PGC 054689, HCG 074A, VV 139a, CGCG 135-045, MCG +04-36-035 [1] [2]

NGC 5910 is an elliptical galaxy [3] [2] [4] located about 540 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Serpens. It was discovered by astronomer William Hershel on April 13, 1785. [4] NGC 5910 is also a strong radio source [5] [6] with a conspicuous nuclear jet. [7]

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Physical characteristics

NGC 5910 appears to have a double nucleus, [6] with a faint nuclear dust lane also being observed. [7]

A pair of asymmetries in the isotopotal profile of NGC 5910 with one of them being brighter than the other, weaker asymmetry suggests a past merger and collision of one or more galaxies. [8]

Group membership

NGC 5910 is the brightest [2] and dominant [8] member of a compact group of galaxies known as Hickson Compact Group 74. [8] The group consists of 5 members in total, [5] [9] with a velocity dispersion of 537 km/s and a diameter of 260,000  ly (80  kpc ). [10] The other members are 2MASX J15193179+2053005, PGC 54692, PGC 54694, and MCG+04-36-036. [9] The other galaxies appear to be embedded within a common envelope that belongs to NGC 5910. [6]

NGC 5910 appears to lie near the Hercules Superclusters. [11]

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been discovered in NGC 5910: SN 2002ec, and PSN J15192497+2054024.

SN 2002ec

SN 2002ec was discovered in NGC 5910 in July 2002 via unfiltered KAIT CCD images by Li and Beutler. [12] It was located 8.5" east and 12.9" south of the nucleus and was classified as Type la. [13] [14]

PSN J15192497+2054024

PSN J15192497+2054024 was discovered in NGC 5910 on 17 March 2013 by the Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey and Stan Howerton. [15] It was located 2" west and 20" north of the center of NGC 5910 and classified as a type Ia. [16]

See also

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