NGC 5962
{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Serpens}}
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = {{PAGENAME}}
| image = NGC 5962, 32 inch Schulman Foundation telescope on Mt. Lemmon, courtesy Joseph D. Schulman.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| upright = 1.5
| caption = NGC 5962, 32 inch Schulman Foundation telescope on Mt. Lemmon, AZ
| alt =
| epoch = J2000
| pronounce =
| constellation name = Serpens Caput
| z =
| h_radial_v = {{val|1957|u=km/s|fmt=commas}}
| gal_v =
| dist_pc =
| dist_ly = {{cvt|36.64|Mpc|Mly|order=flip|lk=on}}
| group_cluster = NGC 5962/5970 group
| mass =
| mass_light_ratio =
| size =
| stars =
| absmag_v =
| size_v = {{val|1.490|ul=arcminute}}{{nowrap| × }}{{val|1.073|u=arcminute}} (NIR)
| half_light_radius_pc =
| half_light_radius_arcminsec =
| h1_scale_length_pc =
| h1_scale_length_arcminsec =
| xray_radius_pc =
| xray_radius_arcminsec =
| notes =
| names = {{odlist | UGC=9926 | PGC=55588 | NGC=5962 | MCG=+03-40-011 | LEDA=55588 }}
| references =
}}
NGC 5962 is a spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Serpens Caput. It was discovered by the Anglo-German astronomer William Herschel on March 21, 1784. The NGC 5962 galaxy is located at a distance of 120 million light years and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of {{val|1957|u=km/s|fmt=commas}}. It is the brightest member of the eponymously-named NGC 5962 group, which overlaps with the nearby NGC 5970 group; the two groups may be gravitationally bound.
The morphological (shape) class of NGC 5962 in the infrared is SAB(rs,nrl)c. This notation indicates the galaxy has a bar structure around the nucleus (SAB), an inner pseudo-ring likely associated with the outer Lindblad resonance (rs), a ring-lens structure at the nucleus (nrl), and loosely-wound spiral arms (c). In the optical band, this galaxy is classed as Hubble type SA(r)c, displaying an inner ring with no visible bar. The galactic plane is inclined at an angle of {{val|45|2|u=°}} to the line of sight from the Earth, giving it an oval profile with the major axis aligned along a position angle of {{val|109|4|u=°}}.
Along with a populated nucleus, it has a relatively large core, but a small central bulge, in which the spiral arms begin to unfurl. There is some evidence for a low level of nuclear activity, and it has been classed as a nuclear H II region galaxy. Based on its emission of far ultraviolet radiation, the pseudo-ring structure is actively undergoing star formation. The galaxy is forming stars at the rate of {{val|6|ul=solar mass}}·yr−1. There are two confirmed satellite galaxies; a third candidate proved to be too distant based on its redshift value.
Two supernovae have been detected in this galaxy: SN 2016afa (type II, mag. 17.1)[https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016afa Transient Name Server entry for SN 2016afa.] Retrieved 24 March 2023. was discovered February 12, 2016, and SN 2017ivu (type IIP, mag. 15.4)[https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017ivu Transient Name Server entry for SN 2017ivu.] Retrieved 24 March 2023. was spotted December 11, 2017.
References
{{reflist| refs=
{{Cite Gaia DR2|1197121631527291264}}
| title=NGC Objects: NGC 5950 - 5999
| work=Celestial Atlas
| first=Courtney | last=Seligman
| url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc59a.htm#5962
| access-date=2021-12-30 }}
| title=The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies
| last1=Gil de Paz | first1=Armando | last2=Boissier | first2=Samuel
| last3=Madore | first3=Barry F. | last4=Seibert | first4=Mark
| last5=Joe | first5=Young H. | last6=Boselli | first6=Alessandro
| last7=Wyder | first7=Ted K. | last8=Thilker | first8=David
| last9=Bianchi | first9=Luciana | last10=Rey | first10=Soo-Chang
| last11=Rich | first11=R. Michael | last12=Barlow | first12=Tom A.
| last13=Conrow | first13=Tim | last14=Forster | first14=Karl
| last15=Friedman | first15=Peter G. | last16=Martin | first16=D. Christopher
| last17=Morrissey | first17=Patrick | last18=Neff | first18=Susan G.
| last19=Schiminovich | first19=David | last20=Small | first20=Todd
| last21=Donas | first21=José | last22=Heckman | first22=Timothy M.
| last23=Lee | first23=Young-Wook | last24=Milliard | first24=Bruno
| last25=Szalay | first25=Alex S. | last26=Yi | first26=Sukyoung
| display-authors=1 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
| volume=173 | issue=2 | pages=185–255
| date=December 2007 | doi=10.1086/516636
| arxiv=astro-ph/0606440 | bibcode=2007ApJS..173..185G | s2cid=119085482 }}
| title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
| display-authors=1 | last1=Skrutskie | first1=Michael F.
| last2=Cutri | first2=Roc M. | last3=Stiening | first3=Rae
| last4=Weinberg | first4=Martin D. | last5=Schneider | first5=Stephen E.
| last6=Carpenter | first6=John M. | last7=Beichman | first7=Charles A.
| last8=Capps | first8=Richard W. | last9=Chester | first9=Thomas
| last10=Elias | first10=Jonathan H. | last11=Huchra | first11=John P.
| last12=Liebert | first12=James W. | last13=Lonsdale | first13=Carol J.
| last14=Monet | first14=David G. | last15=Price | first15=Stephan
| last16=Seitzer | first16=Patrick | last17=Jarrett | first17=Thomas H.
| last18=Kirkpatrick | first18=J. Davy | last19=Gizis | first19=John E.
| last20=Howard | first20=Elizabeth V. | last21=Evans | first21=Tracey E.
| last22=Fowler | first22=John W. | last23=Fullmer | first23=Linda
| last24=Hurt | first24=Robert L. | last25=Light | first25=Robert M.
| last26=Kopan | first26=Eugene L. | last27=Marsh | first27=Kenneth A.
| last28=McCallon | first28=Howard L. | last29=Tam | first29=Robert
| last30=Van Dyk | first30=Schuyler D. | last31=Wheelock | first31=Sherry L.
| journal=The Astronomical Journal
| date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 | issue=2 |pages=1163–1183
| doi=10.1086/498708 | issn=0004-6256
| bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S | s2cid=18913331 | doi-access=free }}
| title=Intensive Monitoring Survey of Nearby Galaxies (IMSNG)
| last1=Im | first1=Myungshin | last2=Choi | first2=Changsu
| last3=Hwang | first3=Sungyong | last4=Lim | first4=Gu
| last5=Kim | first5=Joonho | last6=Kim | first6=Sophia
| last7=Paek | first7=Gregory S. H. | last8=Lee | first8=Sang-Yun
| last9=Yoon | first9=Sung-Chul | last10=Jung | first10=Hyunjin
| last11=Sung | first11=Hyun-Il | last12=Jeon | first12=Yeong-beom
| last13=Ehgamberdiev | first13=Shuhrat | last14=Burhonov | first14=Otabek
| last15=Milzaqulov | first15=Davron | last16=Parmonov | first16=Omon
| last17=Lee | first17=Sang Gak | last18=Kang | first18=Wonseok
| last19=Kim | first19=Taewoo | last20=Kwon | first20=Sun-gill
| last21=Pak | first21=Soojong | last22=Ji | first22=Tae-Geun
| last23=Lee | first23=Hye-In | last24=Park | first24=Woojin
| last25=Ahn | first25=Hojae | last26=Byeon | first26=Seoyeon
| last27=Han | first27=Jimin | last28=Gibson | first28=Coyne
| last29=Wheeler | first29=J. Craig | last30=Kuehne | first30=John
| last31=Johns-Krull | first31=Chris | last32=Marshall | first32=Jennifer
| last33=Hyun | first33=Minhee | last34=Lee | first34=Seong-Kook J.
| last35=Kim | first35=Yongjung | last36=Yoon | first36=Yongmin
| last37=Paek | first37=Insu | last38=Shin | first38=Suhyun
| last39=Taak | first39=Yoon Chan | last40=Kang | first40=Juhyung
| last41=Choi | first41=Seoyeon | last42=Jeong | first42=Mankeun
| last43=Jung | first43=Moo-Keon | last44=Kim | first44=Hwara
| last45=Kim | first45=Jisu | last46=Lee | first46=Dayae
| last47=Park | first47=Bomi | last48=Park | first48=Keunwoo
| last49=O | first49=Seong A. | display-authors=1
| journal=Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society
| volume=52 | issue=1 | pages=11–21
| date=February 2019 | doi=10.5303/JKAS.2019.52.1.11
| arxiv=1901.11353 | bibcode=2019JKAS...52...11I | s2cid=119394084 }}
| title=Deprojecting spiral galaxies using Fourier analysis. Application to the Ohio sample
| display-authors=1 | last1=García-Gómez | first1=C.
| last2=Barberà | first2=C. | last3=Athanassoula | first3=E.
| last4=Bosma | first4=A. | last5=Whyte | first5=L.
| journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics
| volume=421 | pages=595–601 | date=July 2004
| issue=2 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20035735 | bibcode=2004A&A...421..595G | doi-access=free }}
| title=Dust masses and star formation in bright IRAS galaxies. Application of a physical model for the interpretation of FIR observations
| last1=Misiriotis | first1=A. | last2=Papadakis | first2=I. E.
| last3=Kylafis | first3=N. D. | last4=Papamastorakis | first4=J.
| display-authors=1 | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics
| volume=417 | pages=39–50
| date=April 2004 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20035602
| arxiv=astro-ph/0312258 | bibcode=2004A&A...417...39M | s2cid=17851708 }}
| title=Inner rings in disc galaxies: dead or alive
| last=Comerón | first=S.
| journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics
| volume=555 | id=L4 | pages=9 | date=July 2013
| doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201321983 | arxiv=1306.4515
| bibcode=2013A&A...555L...4C | s2cid=56144824 }}
| title=Optical Long-Slit Spectroscopy of a Sample of Spiral Galaxies
| display-authors=1 | last1=Misselt | first1=K. A.
| last2=Clayton | first2=Geoffrey C. | last3=Gordon | first3=Karl D.
| journal=The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
| volume=111 | issue=765 | pages=1398–1409 | date=November 1999
| doi=10.1086/316450 | bibcode=1999PASP..111.1398M | s2cid=120987742 | doi-access=free }}
| title=Catalogue of the morphological features in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)
| last1=Herrera-Endoqui | first1=M. | last2=Díaz-García | first2=S.
| last3=Laurikainen | first3=E. | last4=Salo | first4=H.
| display-authors=1 | journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics
| volume=582 | id=A86 | pages=16
| date=October 2015 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201526047
| arxiv=1509.05328 | bibcode=2015A&A...582A..86H | s2cid=118521887 }}
| title=The SAGA Survey. II. Building a Statistical Sample of Satellite Systems around Milky Way-like Galaxies
| display-authors=1 | last1=Mao | first1=Yao-Yuan
| last2=Geha | first2=Marla | last3=Wechsler | first3=Risa H.
| last4=Weiner | first4=Benjamin | last5=Tollerud | first5=Erik J.
| last6=Nadler | first6=Ethan O. | last7=Kallivayalil | first7=Nitya
| journal=The Astrophysical Journal
| volume=907 | issue=2 | id=85 | pages=35
| date=February 2021 | doi=10.3847/1538-4357/abce58
| arxiv=2008.12783 | bibcode=2021ApJ...907...85M | s2cid=221376962 | doi-access=free }}
| title=A targeted survey for H i clouds in galaxy groups
| last=Zwaan | first=Martin A.
| journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| volume=325 | issue=3 | pages=1142–1148
| date=August 2001 | doi=10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04514.x
| doi-access=free | arxiv=astro-ph/0103328 | bibcode=2001MNRAS.325.1142Z | s2cid=16190381 }}
| title=Cosmicflows-3
| display-authors=1 | last1=Tully | first1=R. Brent
| last2=Courtois | first2=Hélène M. | last3=Sorce | first3=Jenny G.
| journal=The Astronomical Journal
| volume=152 | issue=2 | id=50 | pages=21
| date=2016 | doi=10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50
| bibcode=2016AJ....152...50T | arxiv=1605.01765 | s2cid=250737862 | doi-access=free }}
| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
| work=Results for NGC 5962
| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
| access-date=2007-04-06 }}
| title=NGC 5962 | access-date=2021-12-29 }}
}}
External links
- {{commons category-inline}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060907132625/http://www.galex.caltech.edu/popups/gallery-NGC5962.html GALEX page on NGC 5962]
{{Ngc60}}
{{Serpens}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 5962}}