| NGC5253 / Galaxy, type Im: pec |
|---|
| R.A. | 13h 39m 55.7s (2000.0) |
|---|
| Dec. | -31° 38' 31" (2000.0) |
|---|
| Apparent Size | 5.0×1.9' |
|---|
| Radial Velocity | +416km/s |
|---|
| Magnitude | 10.9 |
|---|
| Distance | 10.9 million light yrs. |
|---|
| Group of Galaxies | NGC5128 Group |
|---|
| Other IDs | UGCA 369, ESO 445-4
MCG -5-32-60, PGC 48334
IRAS 13370-3123 |
|---|
It is an irregular galaxy located near the boundary with Hydra. It can be found slightly less than 2 degrees southeast of M83, the bright spiral galaxy in Hydra.
This peculiar galaxy has a major axis of 5 arcminutes and a brightness of 11th magnitude, featuring a central nucleus elongated in the north-south direction.
It is part of a galaxy group that includes M83 and Centaurus A (NGC 5128) and is approximately 11 million light-years away.
NGC 5253 is the closest example of a galaxy type known as a "Blue Compact Galaxy."
Galaxies of this type are characterized by containing large star-forming regions composed of young, hot, massive stars, while remaining small in overall galaxy size.
|
