NGC 5253

'NGC 5253' is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Centaurus. It was discovered by John Frederick William Herschel on 15 March 1787^[1].

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Galaxy group information

References

Galaxy group information

NGC 5253 is located within the M83 Subgroup of the Centaurus A/M83 Group, a relatively nearby group of galaxies that includes the radio galaxy Centaurus A and the spiral galaxy M83 (the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy).^[2][3]

References

1. ''The scientific papers of Sir William Herschel'' by J. L. E. Dreyer. Royal Astronomical Society London 1912.
2. New distances to galaxies in the Centaurus A group, I. D. Karachentsev, M. E. Sharina, A. E. Dolphin, E. K. Grebel, D. Geisler, P. Guhathakurta, P. W. Hodge, V. E. Karachetseva, A. Sarajedini, P. Seitzer, , , Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2002
3. The Local Group and Other Neighboring Galaxy Groups, I. D. Karachentsev, , , Astronomical Journal, 2005