NGC 2715

NGC 2715
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 2715
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Camelopardalis
Right ascension	09^h 08^m 06.196^s[1]
Declination	+78° 05′ 06.57″[1]
Redshift	0.004466[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1339 km/s[2]
Distance	67.35 ± 10.92 Mly (20.650 ± 3.347 Mpc)[2]
Group or cluster	NGC 2715 group (LGG 165)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.56[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)	11.79[4]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(rs)c[2]
Size	98,000 ly (30,100 pc)[2][note 1]
Apparent size (V)	4.9′ × 1.7′[2]
Other designations
IRAS 09018+7817, UGC 4759, PGC 25676, CGCG 350-012[5][2]

NGC 2715 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It was discovered in 1871 by Alphonse Borrelly.^[6] It is an intermediate spiral galaxy that is 4.9 arcminutes wide.^[2]

NGC 2655 group

NGC 2715 is part of the NGC 2655 group (also known as LGG 165). Other galaxies in this group are NGC 2591, NGC 2748, UGC 4466, UGC 4701, and UGC 4714.^[7]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 2175: SN 1987M (type Ib, mag. 15) was discovered by Miklós Lovas on 21 September 1987.^[8][9]

See also

• List of NGC objects (2001–3000)

References

1. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
2. "NED results for object NGC 2509". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
3. Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Dolphin, Andrew E.; Fisher, J. Richard; Héraudeau, Philippe; Jacobs, Bradley A.; Karachentsev, Igor D.; Makarov, Dmitry; Makarova, Lidia; Mitronova, Sofia; Rizzi, Luca; Shaya, Edward J.; Sorce, Jenny G.; Wu, Po-Feng (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 86. arXiv:1307.7213. Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID 118494842.
4. Héraudeau, Philippe; Simien, François (1996). "Optical and I-band surface photometry of spiral galaxies. I. The data". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement. 118: 111–155. Bibcode:1996A&AS..118..111H. doi:10.1051/aas:1996185.
5. "NGC 2715". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
6. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 2700 - 2749". cseligman.com. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
7. Mahtessian, A. P. (1998). "Groups of galaxies. III. Some empirical characteristics". Astrophysics. 41 (3): 308–321. Bibcode:1998Ap.....41..308M. doi:10.1007/BF03036100.
8. Szeidl, Béla; Lovas, Miklós (1987). "Supernova 1987M in NGC 2715". IAU Circular. 4451 (4451): 1. Bibcode:1987IAUC.4451....1S.
9. "SN 1987M". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 6 December 2024.

Notes

1. RC3 D₀ (blue) values used.

External links

• NGC 2715 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images