NGC 5273
Galaxy NGC 5273 / IC 895 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hunting dogs |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 42 m 08.3 s |
declination | + 35 ° 39 ′ 15 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 2.5 ′ |
Position angle | 10 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.003619 +/- 0.000017 |
Radial velocity | 1085 +/- 5 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(51 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (15.7 ± 1.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | May 1, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5273 • IC 895 • UGC 8675 • PGC 48521 • CGCG 190-041 • MCG + 06-30-72 • GC 3637 • H I 98 • h 1664 • |
NGC 5273 = IC 895 is a 11.5 may bright lenticular Seyfert galaxy (type 1) from the Hubble type S0 in the constellation hunting dogs and approximately 51 million light-years away from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on May 1, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "cB, pL, R, vgmbM".