NGC 5584

NGC 5584 is a barred spiral galaxy, more than 50,000 light-years across,[2] that resides 72 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.

NGC 5584
Composite of several exposures taken in visible light between January and April 2010 with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3.
Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Riess (STScI/JHU), L. Macri (Texas A&M University), and Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension14h 22m 3.811s[1]
Declination−00° -23 14.82
Redshift0.005525[1]
Helio radial velocity1652[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.80
Characteristics
TypeSABc[1]
Other designations
NGC 5584, K73 626, QDOT B1419491-000919, Z 1419.8-0009, 6dFGS gJ142223.8-002315, LEDA 51344, SDSS J142223.76-002315.6, Z 19-8, GSC 04977-00156, 2MASX J14222381-0023148, TC 541, HIPASS J1422-00, MCG+00-37-001, UGC 9201, IRAS 14198-0009, PSCz Q14198-0009, UZC J142223.7-002310

The blue areas the Hubble Space Telescope image are young stars, the darker areas are dust lanes, while the reddish spots and splotches are galaxies in the background.[3]

250 Cepheid variables have been observed in NGC 5584.

The image is a composite of several exposures taken in visible light between January and April 2010 with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3.

References

  1. "SIMBAD Astronomical Database". Results for NGC 5584. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
  2. Nemiroff, R.; Bonnell, J., eds. (2011-03-30). "NGC 5584: Expanding the Universe". Astronomy Picture of the Day. NASA. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  3. "Hubble's View of NGC 5584". Hubble Heritage Project. Retrieved 2011-04-03.


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