NGC 5936
NGC 5936 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Serpens. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4131 ± 11 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 60.93 ± 4.27 Mpc (∼199 million light-years). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 12 April 1784.
NGC 5936 is listed as a luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG), and as a field galaxy, i.e. one that does not belong to a larger galaxy group or cluster and hence is gravitationally alone.
Supernovae
Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 5936:
- SN 2013dh (type Ia, mag 18) was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) on 12 June 2013.
- SN 2023awp (type IIn, mag 19.58) was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility on 27 January 2023.
See also
References
- ^ "Results for object NGC 5936". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 5936". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ Turner, E. L.; Gott, J. R., III (1976). "Groups of galaxies. I. A catalog". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 32: 409. Bibcode:1976ApJS...32..409T. doi:10.1086/190403.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Kumar, S. (2013). "Supernova 2013dh in NGC 5936 = Psn J15300109+1259129". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams. 3561: 1. Bibcode:2013CBET.3561....1K.
- ^ "SN 2013dh". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "SN 2023awp". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
External links
Media related to NGC 5936 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 5936 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
