NGC 5915

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Libra}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Sky|15|21|33.0984|-|13|05|30.278}} {{Infobox Galaxy | name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 5915 | image = NGC5915 - SDSS DR14.jpg | caption = NGC 5915 imaged by [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] | constellation name = [[Libra_(constellation)|Libra]] | epoch = [[J2000]] | type = SB(s)ab pec<ref name="ned">{{cite web | website = NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database | publisher = [[NASA]] and [[California Institute of Technology|Caltech]] | title = Results for object NGC 5915 | url = https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+5915 | access-date = 3 August 2024}}</ref> | ra = {{RA|15|21|33.0984}}<ref name="ned" /> | dec = {{DEC|-13|05|30.278}}<ref name="ned" /> | dist_ly = {{convert|36.12 ± 2.54|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name="ned" /> | z = 0.007580<ref name="ned" /> | h_radial_v = 2272 ± 3 km/s<ref name="ned" /> | appmag_v = 12.3<ref name="ned" /> | size_v = {{Val|1.6|×|1.1|u=arcminute}}{{r|ned}} | size = ~{{convert|12.15|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)<ref name ="ned" /> | names = {{odlist | PGC = 54816 | UGCA=407 | MCG= -02-39-019 | IRAS= 15187-1254 | 2MASX= J15213307-1305302}}<ref name="ned" /> }}

'''NGC 5915''' is a [[barred spiral galaxy]] in the [[constellation]] of [[Libra (constellation)|Libra]]. Its velocity with respect to the [[cosmic microwave background]] is 2449 ± 13 km/s, which corresponds to a [[Hubble's law|Hubble distance]] of 36.12 ± 2.54 [[Megaparsec|Mpc]] (~118 million [[light-years]]).<ref name="ned" /> It was discovered by British astronomer [[John Herschel]] on 5 June 1836.<ref name="selig">{{cite web | url = https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc59.htm#5915 | title = New General Catalogue Objects: NGC{{nbsp}}5915 | last = Seligman | first = Courtney | website = Celestial Atlas | access-date = 15 December 2024}}</ref>

NGC 5915 forms a galaxy triplet due to [[Interacting galaxy|gravitational interactions]] with {{ill|NGC 5916|fr}} and {{ill|NGC 5916A|d|Q1124020}} (also known as PGC 54779).<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1086/300608| date=1998| volume=116| issue=5| last1=Usui| first1=Tadashi| last2=Saitō| first2=Mamoru| last3=Tomita| first3=Akihiko| title=Photometric Observations of Star Formation Activity in Early-Type Spiral Galaxies| journal=The Astronomical Journal| page=2166| arxiv=astro-ph/9807263| bibcode=1998AJ....116.2166U}}</ref>

==Supernova== One [[supernova]] has been observed in NGC 5915: '''SN 2023cpt''' ([[Type Ib and Ic_supernovae|Type Ic]], mag 17.1) was discovered by [[Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System|ATLAS]] on 27 February 2023.<ref>{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2023cpt | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2023cpt | publisher = [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]] | access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref>

== See also == * [[List of NGC objects (5001–6000)]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} {{WikiSky}}

[[Category:NGC objects|5915]] [[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|54816]] [[Category:Libra (constellation)]] [[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1836|18360605]] [[Category:Discoveries by John Herschel]] [[Category:MCG objects|-02-39-019]] [[Category:Barred spiral galaxies]] [[Category:UGCA objects]]