NGC 5291 explained

NGC 5291
Credit:	ESO.
Epoch:	J2000
Type:	E pec^[1]
Z:	4378 ± 6 km/s
Appmag V:	15.1
Size V:	1′.1× 0′.7
Constellation Name:	Centaurus
Names:	PGC 48893

NGC 5291 is a system of interacting galaxies in the constellation Centaurus. It is surrounded by a collisional ring, containing a young and star-forming tidal dwarf galaxy,^[2] where dark matter has been detected.^[3]

See also

• Spitzer Space Telescope

External links

• Spitzer Space Telescope page on NGC 5291
• detailed info. on NGC 5291
• Link to NGC 5291

Notes and References

1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 5291 . 2007-04-03.
2. Médéric Boquien . 4 . Pierre-Alain Duc . Jonathan Braine . Elias Brinks . Ute Lisenfeld . Vassilis Charmandaris. amp. Polychromatic view of intergalactic star formation in NGC 5291. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 2007. 467 . 1. 93–106. 2007A&A...467...93B. 10.1051/0004-6361:20066692. astro-ph/0703002 . 5822678 .
3. Frédéric Bournaud . 4 . Pierre-Alain Duc . Elias Brinks . Médéric Boquien . Philippe Amram . Ute Lisenfeld . Bärbel S. Koribalski . Bärbel Koribalski. Fabian Walter. Vassilis Charmandaris. amp. Missing Mass in Collisional Debris from Galaxies. Science. 2007. 316. 1166–1169. 2007Sci...316.1166B. 10.1126/science.1142114 . 17495138 . 5828. 0705.1356. 20946839 .