NGC 5206

NGC 5206
NGC 5206
	NGC 5206 from Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center and DSS (Digitized Sky Survey)
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Centaurus
Right ascension	13h 35m 17s
Declination	−48° 16’ 52”
Distance	10.4 million ly
Group or cluster	Centaurus A
Apparent magnitude (B)	11.62
magnitude (J)	9.39
magnitude (H)	8.55
magnitude (K)	8.49
Characteristics
Type	Dwarf galaxy
Mass	2.6×104 M☉
Notable features	Strongly nucleated

NGC 5206 is an early-type dwarf elliptical galaxy located 3.2 mpc from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus. It is a strongly nucleated galaxy with a mass of 2.6×10⁴ M_☉. It is around 2.91 billion years old.^[1]

References

^ Kacharov, Nikolay; Neumayer, Nadine; Seth, Anil C; Cappellari, Michele; McDermid, Richard; Walcher, C Jakob; Böker, Torsten (2018-10-21). "Stellar populations and star formation histories of the nuclear star clusters in six nearby galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 480 (2): 1973–1998. arXiv:1807.08765. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty1985. ISSN 0035-8711.

[1] Kacharov, Nikolay; Neumayer, Nadine; Seth, Anil C; Cappellari, Michele; McDermid, Richard; Walcher, C Jakob; Böker, Torsten (2018-10-21). "Stellar populations and star formation histories of the nuclear star clusters in six nearby galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 480 (2): 1973–1998. arXiv:1807.08765. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty1985. ISSN 0035-8711.

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