NGC_5917

NGC 5917

NGC 5917

Spiral galaxy in the constellation Libra

NGC 5917 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Libra. It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel on 16 July 1835.[8] This galaxy is located at a distance of 90.4 ± 6.2 million light-years (27.73 ± 1.90 Mpc) from the Milky Way,[3] and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 1,934.1 km/s.[4] It is interacting with the neighboring galaxy, PGC 54817, at an angular separation of 4.2′. Tidal tails extend from PGC 54817 to the halo of NGC 5917.[5]

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A supernova was observed in NGC 5917, designated SN 1990Q. It was discovered on June 24, 1990 and reached magnitude 18.[9] This was identified as a type II supernova based on the spectrum.[10]

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    "A cosmic conversation". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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    Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
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    Cai, Y.-Z; et al. (October 2021). "Intermediate-luminosity red transients: Spectrophotometric properties and connection to electron-capture supernova explosions". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 654. A157. arXiv:2108.05087. Bibcode:2021A&A...654A.157C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202141078.
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    Meyer, M. J.; et al. (June 2004). "The HIPASS catalogue - I. Data presentation". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 350 (4): 1195–1209. arXiv:astro-ph/0406384. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.350.1195M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07710.x. S2CID 10336076.
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    König, Michael; Binnewies, Stefan (2017). The Cambridge Photographic Atlas of Galaxies. Cambridge University Press. p. 295. ISBN 9781107189485.
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    "Revised NGC Data for NGC 5640". spider.seds.org. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
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    "NGC 5917". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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    Seligman, COurtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5900 - 5949". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
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    "SN 1990Q". Transient Name Server. IAU Supernova Working Group. June 24, 1990. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
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    Benetti, S.; et al. (June 1990). Green, D. W. E. (ed.). "Supernova 1990Q in NGC 5917". IAU Circular. 5042: 1. Bibcode:1990IAUC.5042....1B.
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