NGC 5615

NGC 5615 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It is part of the Arp 178 triplet of interacting galaxies with NGC 5614 and NGC 5613. NGC 5615 forms a knot on the outer ring of NGC 5614, with a plume leading away from the knot.^[5]

NGC 5615
NGC 5615, (bright knot in outer ring of biggest galaxy), NGC 5613, and NGC 5614 as imaged at the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Boötes
Right ascension	14h 24m 06.4s[1]
Declination	+34° 51′ 54″[1]
Redshift	0.013151 ± 0.000085[2] (3,953[3] km/s)
Distance	180 ± 13 Mly (55.1 ± 3.9 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	17.8[2]
Characteristics
Type	Ir[4]
Apparent size (V)	0.10′ × 0.09′[2]
Notable features	NGC 5615 superimposed, tidal plumes, paired with NGC 5613.
Other designations
GC 3883, LGG 380-004, MCG+06-32-023, PGC 51435, VV 77b