NGC 5410 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy lies about 190 million light years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 5410 is approximately 90,000 light years across.[2] It was discovered by William Herschel on April 9, 1787.[4]

The galaxy is asymmetric, with an eccentric bar.[5] Two spiral arms emerge from the ends of the bar.[6] There are many knots along its spiral arms. The knots contain large numbers of young stars and star clusters. Nils Bergvall claimed that the outer structure of the galaxy looked more like a collisional ring, a ring-like structure created by the interaction of the spiral galaxy with its companion.[7] However more observations of the galaxy indicate that its morphology is more indicative of disturbed spiral arms of barred galaxy than of a ring. H-alpha emission is observed along the galaxy. The star formation rate of the galaxy based on the far infrared emission is about 1.34 M☉ per year.[6] The nucleus of the galaxy was not detected in X-rays by Einstein Observatory.[8]

One supernova has been detected in NGC 5410, SN 2014as. It was discovered by D. Grennan on 18 April 2014 at an apparent magnitude of 17.3 lying 0".2 west and 12".6 south of the centre of the galaxy. Its spectrum indicated it was a broad-lined type Ic supernova a few days before maximum light.[9]

NGC 5410 is interacting with a companion, UGC 8932, which lies 1.2 arcminutes to the northeast.[5] A bridge has been found to connect the two galaxies. The pair is isolated. The closest galaxy of similar size is UGC 8917.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Hubble Studies a Sparkling Galaxy Pair - NASA Science". NASA. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Results for object NGC 5410". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 5410". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  4. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 5410 (= PGC 49893)". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  5. ^ a b Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies, 1973, Acta Universitatis Upsalienis, Nova Regiae Societatis Upsaliensis, Series V: A Vol. 1
  6. ^ a b Romano, R.; Mayya, Y. D.; Vorobyov, E. I. (1 September 2008). "STELLAR DISKS OF COLLISIONAL RING GALAXIES. I. NEW MULTIBAND IMAGES, RADIAL INTENSITY AND COLOR PROFILES, AND CONFRONTATION WITH N -BODY SIMULATIONS". The Astronomical Journal. 136 (3): 1259–1289. arXiv:0807.1477. Bibcode:2008AJ....136.1259R. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/136/3/1259.
  7. ^ a b Bergvall, N. (1 April 1981). "Morphology and spectral properties of seven blue systems of interacting galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 97 (2): 302–309. Bibcode:1981A&A....97..302B.
  8. ^ Ghigo, F. D.; Wardle, J. F. C.; Cohen, N. L. (November 1983). "X-ray observations of ring galaxies with the Einstein Observatory". The Astronomical Journal. 88: 1587. Bibcode:1983AJ.....88.1587G. doi:10.1086/113449.
  9. ^ Grennan, D.; Zheng, W.; Howerton, S.; Brimacombe, J.; Masi, G.; Zhang, J. -J.; Wang, X. -F. (1 April 2014). "Supernova 2014as in NGC 5410 = Psn J14005449+4058596". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (3861): 1. Bibcode:2014CBET.3861....1G.
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