NGC 5653

{{Short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Boötes}} {{Infobox Galaxy | name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 5653 | image = Ngc5653.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption= An [[Infrared]] [[Hubble Space Telescope]] (HST) image of NGC 5653. | epoch = [[J2000]] | type = (R')SA(rs)b<ref name="ned">{{cite web | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database | work=Results for NGC 5653 | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ | access-date=2007-04-05}}</ref> | ra = {{RA|14|30|10.4}}<ref name="ned" /> | dec = {{DEC|+31|12|56}}<ref name="ned" /> | dist_ly = 161 million [[light-years]] | z = 3562 ± 5 km/[[second|s]]<ref name="ned" /> | appmag_v = 12.9<ref name="ned" /> | size_v = 1.7{{prime}} × 1.3{{prime}}<ref name="ned" /> | constellation name = [[Boötes (constellation)|Boötes]] | notes = | names = [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 9318,<ref name="ned" /> [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 51814,<ref name="ned" /> [[IRAS]] 14280+3126, [[Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies|MCG]]+05-34-058, [[Fritz Zwicky#Catalog of Galaxies and Clusters|Z]] 163-68, [[Seventh Cambridge Survey|7C]] 1428+3125, [[Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database|LEDA]] 51814, [[IRAS]] F14280+3126, [[2MASX]] J14301041+3112558, [[Fritz Zwicky#Catalog of Galaxies and Clusters|Z]] 1427.9+3126, [[Index Catalogue|IC]] 1026,{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} ZWG 156.68 }}

'''NGC 5653''' is an unbarred [[spiral galaxy]] in the [[constellation]] [[Boötes (constellation)|Boötes]]. It was discovered on March 13, 1785, by [[William Herschel]] and subsequently placed in the [[New General Catalogue]].<ref name=cseligman>{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc56a.htm#5653|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5650–5699|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|accessdate=2021-02-18}}</ref>

==NGC 5653 group== According to A. M. Garcia, NGC 5653 is the namesake of the NGC 5653 [[galaxy group|group]] (also known as [[Lyons Groups of Galaxies|LGG]] 383). This group of galaxies has at least 15 members, including [[NGC 5629]], [[NGC 5635]], [[NGC 5639]], [[NGC 5641]], [[NGC 5642]], [[NGC 5659]], [[NGC 5657]], [[NGC 5672]], [[NGC 5703]], [[NGC 5735]], [[IC 4397]], UGC 9253, UGC 9268, and UGC 9302.{{r|garcia|LGG383}}

==References== <references> <ref name=garcia>{{cite journal | bibcode=1993A&AS..100...47G | title=General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups | last1=Garcia | first1=A. M. | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series | date=1993 | volume=100 | page=47}}</ref>

<ref name=LGG383>{{cite simbad | title=LGG 383 | access-date=30 November 2025}}</ref> </references>

* [http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-S?IRAS%20F14280%2b3126 IRAS F14280+3126] * [https://esahubble.org/images/opo9910a/ Hubble's infrared galaxy gallery]

==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} * [https://esahubble.org/images/opo9910a/ '''Hubble's infrared galaxy gallery''']

[[Category:Boötes]] [[Category:NGC objects|5653]] [[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|51814]] [[Category:UGC objects|09318]] [[Category:Unbarred spiral galaxies]]