NGC 2715 explained

NGC 2715
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Camelopardalis
Ra:	^[1]
Z:	0.004466^[2]
H Radial V:	1339 km/s
Group Cluster:	NGC 2715 group^[3]
Type:	SAB(rs)c
Size:	^[4]
Appmag V:	11.56^[5]
Appmag B:	11.79
Size V:	4.9 × 1.7
Names:	UGC 4759, MGC+13-07-015, PGC 25676^[6]

NGC 2715 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It was discovered in 1871 by Alphonse Borrelly.^[7] It is an intermediate spiral galaxy that is 4.9 arcminutes wide.

SN 1987M, a supernova, was discovered in NGC 2715.^[8]

Notes and References

1. 10.1086/498708 . Skrutskie . Michael F. . Cutri . Roc M. . Stiening . Rae . Weinberg . Martin D. . Schneider . Stephen E. . Carpenter . John M. . Beichman . Charles A. . Capps . Richard W. . Chester . Thomas . Elias . Jonathan H. . Huchra . John P. . Liebert . James W. . Lonsdale . Carol J. . Monet . David G. . Price . Stephan . Seitzer . Patrick . Jarrett . Thomas H. . Kirkpatrick . J. Davy . Gizis . John E. . Howard . Elizabeth V. . Evans . Tracey E. . Fowler . John W. . Fullmer . Linda . Hurt . Robert L. . Light . Robert M. . Kopan . Eugene L. . Marsh . Kenneth A. . McCallon . Howard L. . Tam . Robert . Van Dyk . Schuyler D. . Wheelock . Sherry L. . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) . The Astronomical Journal . 1 February 2006 . 131 . 2 . 1163–1183 . 2006AJ....131.1163S . 18913331 . 0004-6256 . free .
2. Web site: NED results for object NGC 2509 . . 9 August 2017 .
3. Cosmicflows-2: The Data . Tully . R. Brent. Hélène M. . Courtois. Andrew E. . Dolphin. J. Richard . Fisher . Philippe . Héraudeau. Bradley A. . Jacobs. Igor D. . Karachentsev. Dmitry . Makarov. Lidia . Makarova. Sofia . Mitronova. Luca . Rizzi. Edward J. . Shaya. Jenny G. . Sorce. Po-Feng . Wu. The Astronomical Journal . 146 . 4 . 86 . 2013 . 2013AJ....146...86T . 10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86 . 1307.7213 . 118494842 .
4. RC3 D₀ (blue) values used.
5. 1996A&AS..118..111H . Optical and I-band surface photometry of spiral galaxies. I. The data . Héraudeau . Philippe . Simien . François . Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement . 118 . 111–155 . 1996 . 10.1051/aas:1996185 . free .
6. NGC 2715 . 9 August 2017 .
7. Web site: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 2700 - 2749 . cseligman.com . 9 August 2017 .
8. Supernova 1987M in NGC 2715 . IAU Circular . 4451 . 1 . Szeidl . Béla . Lovas . Miklós . 4451 . 1987 . 1987IAUC.4451....1S .