NGC 4523 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy located about 35 to 50 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Coma Berenices.[4] It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on April 19, 1865.[5] NGC 4523 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.[6][7] A distance of (13 ± 2 Mpc) for NGC 4523 was derived from using yellow supergiants in the galaxy as standard candles.[6]
| NGC 4523 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 4523. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Right ascension | 12h 33m 48.0s[1] |
| Declination | 15° 10′ 06″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.000874/262 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 42.38 ± 6.52 Mly (13 ± 2 Mpc)[2] |
| Group or cluster | Virgo Cluster |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.42[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(s)m[1] |
| Size | ~39,600 ly (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.0 x 1.9[1] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 041746, UGC 07713, VCC 1524[1] | |
On December 23, 1999, a Type II supernova designated as SN 1999gq was detected in NGC 4523.[8][9]
See also
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edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4523. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ^ "parsecs to lightyears conversion". Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4523". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4500 - 4549". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- ^ a b Shanks, T.; Tanvir, N. R.; Major, J. V.; Doel, A. P.; Dunlop, C. N.; Myers, R. M. (1992-05-01). "High-resolution imaging of Virgo cluster galaxies – II. Detection of the brightest stars in NGC 4523". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 256 (1): 29P–32P. Bibcode:1992MNRAS.256P..29S. doi:10.1093/mnras/256.1.29p. ISSN 0035-8711.
- ^ "The Virgo Cluster". www.atlasoftheuniverse.com. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ^ "1999gq - The Open Supernova Catalog". sne.space. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ "Supernova 1999gq in NGC 4523". www.rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
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