NGC 5533

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Boötes}} {{Infobox galaxy | image = [[File:NGC5533 - SDSS DR14.jpg|250px]] | alt = NGC 5533 | caption = [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] image of NGC 5533 | epoch = [[J2000]] | constellation name = [[Boötes]] | ra = {{RA|14|16|07.74475}}<ref name=GaiaDR2>{{cite DR2|1479409976258003712}}</ref> | dec = {{DEC|+35|20|37.7796}}<ref name=GaiaDR2/> | h_radial_v = 3818 km/s<ref name=SIMBAD/> | z = 0.01282<ref name=SIMBAD/> | dist_ly = {{cvt|54.3|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name=Marchuk/> | group_cluster = NGC 5557 Group | type = SA(rs)ab<ref name=Marchuk/> | size = | appmag_v = 11.81<ref name=LEDA>{{cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%205533|title=Search specification: NGC 5533|work=HyperLeda|publisher=Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1|access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref> | appmag_b = 12.68<ref name=LEDA/> | absmag_v = | size_v = | names = {{odlist|UGC=9133|MCG=+06-31-089|PGC=50973}}<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad|title=NGC 5533|accessdate=2021-04-09}}</ref> }} {{Sky|14|16|07.74475|+|35|20|37.7796}} '''NGC 5533''' is an unbarred [[spiral galaxy]] in the [[constellation]] [[Boötes (constellation)|Boötes]]. It was discovered by the astronomer [[William Herschel]] on May 1, 1785.<ref name=cseligman>{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc55.htm#5533|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5500 - 5549|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|accessdate=2021-04-09}}</ref> It has a regular structure, with one tightly wound spiral; its disk is inclined about 53 degrees towards the line of sight.<ref name=Marchuk>{{cite journal|doi=10.1093/mnras/sty100|title=Two-component gravitational instability in spiral galaxies|year=2018|last1=Marchuk|first1=A. A.|last2=Sotnikova|first2=N. Y.|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=475|issue=4|pages=4891–4910|doi-access=free |arxiv=1804.07962}}</ref>

It is a member of the NGC 5557 Group, along with several other galaxies.<ref>{{cite simbad|title=NAME NGC 5557 Group|accessdate=2021-04-09}}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery> File:NGC 5533 2MASS.jpg|NGC 5533 ([[2MASS]]) </gallery>

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[[Category:Boötes]] [[Category:NGC objects|5533]] [[Category:Unbarred spiral galaxies]]