NGC 5
| Galaxy NGC 5 |
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![NGC 5 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 07 m 48.872 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 21 ′ 44.30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 110.8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017048 ± 0.000137 |
| Radial velocity | 5111 ± 41 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(236 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (72.5 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | October 21, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5 • UGC 62 • PGC 595 • CGCG 517-017 • CGCG 518-012 • MCG + 06-01-013 • 2MASX J00074889 + 3521444 • GALEX ASC J000748.91 + 352144.0 • 2MASS J00074885 + 3521441 • NSA 126240 | |
NGC 5 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E4 in the constellation Andromeda the northern sky . It is an estimated 236 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on October 21, 1881 by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan .
Web links
Commons : NGC 5 - collection of images, videos and audio files
