NGC 5008
Galaxy NGC 5008 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Bear keeper |
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 |
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 .