NGC 5514 is a pair of mergingdisk galaxies in the northern constellation of Boötes. They were discovered by German astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on April 26, 1865.[6] The galaxies are located at an estimated distance of 347 million light-years.[2] The morphology of the system is similar to the Antennae Galaxies, NGC 4038/NGC 4039. A distinct tail extends to the east for an angular distance of 1.5′. There is a fainter tail extending a comparable distance to the west.[3] This galaxy pair likely forms a small group with the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 5519.[4]
This appears to be a collision between two galaxies of unequal mass, having a 2:1 mass ratio. They display activity of the LINER type, but this is located in two regions in the outer parts away from the combined nucleus.[3] These may be large shock regions caused by the collision. There are two corresponding starburst regions, one of which has outflows that have created a supergiant galactic bubble.[4]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 5514: SN2019igh (typeIIb, mag. 19.05).[7]
^ abcFried, J. W.; Lutz, D. (May 1988), "The interacting galaxy NGC 5514 : a system with off-nuclear activity", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 197: 52–58, Bibcode:1988A&A...197...52F.
^ abcLípari, S.; et al. (December 2004), "Infrared mergers and infrared quasi-stellar objects with galactic winds - II. NGC5514: two extranuclear starbursts with LINER properties and a supergiant bubble in the rupture phase", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 355 (3): 641–681, arXiv:astro-ph/0406515, Bibcode:2004MNRAS.355..641L, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08368.x.