NGC 5419

NGC5419 is a large elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4,375 ± 23km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 64.5 ± 4.5Mpc (~210million light-years). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 1 May 1834.

NGC5419 is the brightest cluster galaxy of the galaxy cluster, AbellS0753. It contains a large core with a radius span of 1.58 arcsec (≈55 pc). In addition, it has a double nucleus, indicating the presence of two supermassive black holes in the center with a separation gap of only ≈70 pc.

NGC 5488 Group

According to A.M. Garcia, the galaxy NGC5419 is part of the NGC5488 group (also known as LGG369). This group of galaxies has 14 members: , , , and nine galaxies from the ESO catalog.

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC5419:

• SN 2018zz (Type Ia, mag. 16) was discovered by the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) on 3 March 2018.
• SN 2020alh (TypeIa, mag. 15.304) was discovered by ATLAS on 19 January 2020.

See also

• List of NGC objects (5001–6000)

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