NGC 5008
| Galaxy NGC 5008 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 10 m 57.2 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 29 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | HCG 71 |
| Redshift | 0.030836 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 9244 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(415 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (127.3 ± 8.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | May 18, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5008 • IC 4381 • UGC 9073 • PGC 50629 • CGCG 132-078, 133-001 • MCG + 04-33-042 • IRAS 14087 + 2545 • HCG 71A • GC 3439 • | |
NGC 5008 = IC 4381 is a 13.4 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type SBc in the constellation Bootes and about 415 million light-years from the Milky Way center. It belongs to the Hickson Compact Group 71 and has been discovered twice; first on May 18, 1862 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (listed as NGC 5008 ); then again on June 15, 1895 by Stéphane Javelle (listed as IC 4381 ) due to an incorrect listing by d'Arrest .
Web links
- NGC 5008. SIMBAD, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- NGC 5008. DSO Browser, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5008. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 24, 2015 .