UGC 5497

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UGC 5497
UGC 5497 - Potw1224a.tif
Hubble image of UGC 5497. The object is a compact blue dwarf galaxy that is infused with newly formed clusters of stars.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Ursa Major [1]
Right ascension 10h 12m 48.48s [2]
Declination +64° 06 26.8 [2]
Distance 12,000,000 ± 00  kly (3,679,217 ± 0  kpc)h1
0.73
[1]
Group or cluster Messier 81 [1]
Characteristics
Type dI [2]
Other designations
MCG+11-13-007, Z 1009.1+6422, LEDA 29735, Z 313-5 [2]

UGC 5497 is a dwarf galaxy, located about 12 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It is a member of the M81 Group. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Compact Blue Dwarf Can't Hide". ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Search results for UCG 5491". Astronomical Database. SIMBAD . Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  3. Kristin Chiboucas, Igor D. Karachentsev, R. Brent Tully: Discovery of New Dwarf Galaxies in the M81 Group, 2009AJ....137.3009C