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Galaxy in the constellation Boötes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 5609 is a spiral galaxy[3] located 1.3 billion light-years light-years away from Earth,[4] in the constellation Boötes.[2] It has the largest redshift[5] of any galaxy in the New General Catalogue. Prior to 2023, another spiral galaxy, NGC 1262, had been thought to have a higher redshift.[6][5] NGC 5609 is the most distant visually observed galaxy in the NGC Catalog[5] and was discovered by astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney on March 1, 1851.[3]
NGC 5609 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Boötes |
Right ascension | 14h 23m 48.3s[1] |
Declination | 34° 50′ 34″[1] |
Redshift | 0.100588 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 30156 km/s[1] |
Distance | 1.32682 Gly (407 Mpc)[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.7[2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 16.5[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sa? [3] |
Size | ~175,230 ly (estimated) |
Apparent size (V) | 0.38 x 0.31[1] |
Other designations | |
PGC 3088538[1] |
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