{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Boötes}} {{Infobox galaxy|name=NGC 5683|image=File:NGC 5683 SDSS2.jpg|caption=[[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] image of NGC 5683|constellation name=[[Boötes (constellation)|Boötes]]|ra=14h 34m 52.447s|dec=+48d 39m 42.90s|z=0.036641|h_radial_v=10,783 km/s|dist_ly=513 [[Mly]] (157.3 [[Megaparsec|Mpc]])|appmag_v=0.089|type=SB(s)0/a?|size=256,000 ly|notes=[[Seyfert galaxy]]|names=[[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 52114, [[IRAS]] 14329+4853, KUG 1433+488, [[Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies|CGCG]] 248-009, [[Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies|MCG]] +08-27-003, NSA 043189, [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] J143452.46+483942.7, [[2MASX]] J14345248+4839429, RBS 1407, RX J1434.8+4839, SWIFT J1434.9+4837, [[Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database|LEDA]] 52114, MRK 474, CG 476, NPM1G +048.0275|epoch=[[J2000]]|appmag_b=0.118}}
'''NGC 5683''' is a type S0-a [[lenticular galaxy]] with a bar<ref>{{Cite web |title=HyperLeda -object description |url=http://atlas.obs-hp.fr/hyperleda/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%205683 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=atlas.obs-hp.fr}}</ref> located in the [[Boötes|Boötes constellation]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NGC 5683 - Lenticular Galaxy in Boötes {{!}} TheSkyLive.com |url=https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc5683-object |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=theskylive.com}}</ref> It is 513 million [[light-year]]s away from the [[Solar System]]<ref name=":0" /> and has an approximate [[diameter]] of 256,000 light-years meaning it is larger compared to the [[Milky Way]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Your NED Search Results |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=38401&objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}}</ref> NGC 5683 was discovered by [[George Johnstone Stoney]] on April 13, 1850.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5650 - 5699 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc56a.htm#5683 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=cseligman.com}}</ref>
NGC 5683 happens to lie near to a spiral galaxy [[NGC 5682]], but they are far apart from each other. Nearby is another galaxy [[NGC 5689]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kopernik.org/images/archive/n5683.htm |title = Galaxies NGC 5682, NGC 5683, and NGC 5689 Supernova 2002db Quasar HB-89 1432+489 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=www.kopernik.org}}</ref>
== Characteristics == NGC 5683 has an [[active galactic nucleus]] which presents strong x-rays.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=X-RAY PROPERTIES OF THE NORTHERN GALACTIC CAP SOURCES IN THE 58 MONTH ''SWIFT'' /BAT CATALOG |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/763/2/111 |access-date=2024-04-26 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |doi=10.1088/0004-637x/763/2/111 |date=2013 |last1=Vasudevan |first1=Ranjan V. |last2=Brandt |first2=William N. |last3=Mushotzky |first3=Richard F. |last4=Winter |first4=Lisa M. |last5=Baumgartner |first5=Wayne H. |last6=Shimizu |first6=Thomas T. |last7=Schneider |first7=Donald. P. |last8=Nousek |first8=John |volume=763 |issue=2 |page=111 |arxiv=1212.2957 |bibcode=2013ApJ...763..111V }}</ref> It is a [[Seyfert galaxy|Seyfert]] 1 type galaxy<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Valiullin |first=Rashit R. |date=2002-01-01 |title=Rapid Variations in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy Mrk 474 |journal=IAU Colloq. 184: Agn Surveys |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002ASPC..284..375V |volume=284 |pages=375|bibcode=2002ASPC..284..375V }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=An atlas of Seyfert galaxies |url=https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1974ApJ...192..581K |access-date=2024-04-26 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal|bibcode=1974ApJ...192..581K |last1=Khachikian |first1=E. Y. |last2=Weedman |first2=D. W. |date=1974 |volume=192 |page=581 |doi=10.1086/153093 }}</ref> and such falls into the [[Markarian galaxies|Markarian catalogue]] as Mrk 474, which its core shines in [[Ultraviolet|ultraviolet rays]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revised data from NGC and IC catalogue by Wolfgang Steinickle - NGC 5600 to 5699 |url=https://astrovalleyfield.ca/AstronomieCompl/NGC%20et%20autres/WolfgangS/N5600_exc_web.htm |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=astrovalleyfield.ca}}</ref> The most accepted theory for this energy source of active galactic nuclei is the presence of an [[accretion disk]] around its [[supermassive black hole]]. It also shows high amounts of strong emission-lines which are mostly attributed to short-lived star formation in its regions likely restricted to a nuclear disk with its radius less than few hundred parsecs.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Emission-line widths in galactic nuclei |url=https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1982ApJ...256..427F |access-date=2024-04-26 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal|bibcode=1982ApJ...256..427F |last1=Feldman |first1=F. R. |last2=Weedman |first2=D. W. |last3=Balzano |first3=V. A. |last4=Ramsey |first4=L. W. |date=1982 |volume=256 |page=427 |doi=10.1086/159919 }}</ref>
== Supernova == [[Type Ia supernova|Type la supernova]] SN 2002db<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bright Supernovae - 2002. |url=https://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2002/index.html#2002db |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=www.rochesterastronomy.org}}</ref> was discovered on May 18, 2002, in NGC 5683 by a collaboration of [[astronomer]]s and [[Reiki Kushida]] from LOTOSS (Lick Observatory and Tenagra Observatory Supernova Searches).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supernova 2002db in NGC 5683 |url=https://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2002/sn2002db.html |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=www.rochesterastronomy.org}}</ref> It was positioned 8 arcsecs west and 9 arcsecs north of the nucleus, with a [[Magnitude (astronomy)|magnitude]] of 17.6.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SN 2002db - Home |url=http://www.astrosurf.com/snweb/2002/02db/02dbHome.htm |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=www.astrosurf.com}}</ref>
== References == <references />
{{NGC60}} {{Boötes}}
[[Category:Lenticular galaxies]] [[Category:Seyfert galaxies]] [[Category:Boötes]] [[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1850]] [[Category:NGC objects|5683]] [[Category:MCG objects|+08-27-003]] [[Category:Markarian galaxies|0474]] [[Category:IRAS catalogue objects|14329+4853]] [[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|052114]] [[Category:LEDA objects|052114]]