NGC 5006
| Galaxy NGC 5006 |
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| NGC 5018 (center left), NGC 5006 (top right) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 11 m 45.7 s |
| declination | -19 ° 15 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 337 |
| Redshift | 0.009176 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 2751 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(117 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.0 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | March 31, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5006 • PGC 45806 • ESO 576-G006 • MCG -03-34-011 • 2MASX J13114576-1915421 • SGC 130905-1900.2 • LDCE 0955 NED010 | |
NGC 5006 is a 12.4 mag bright ring and lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 117 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5018 and NGC 5022 .
The object was discovered on March 31, 1881 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .
Web links
- NGC 5006. SIMBAD, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- NGC 5006. DSO Browser, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5006. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 24, 2015 .
- ESO: Annotated view of the environment of the elliptical galaxy NGC 5018