NGC 5015
| Galaxy NGC 5015 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 12 m 22.9 s |
| declination | -04 ° 20 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB (r) a: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010504 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 3149 +/- 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(137 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (42.0 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 11, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5015 • PGC 45862, 1059670 • MCG -01-34-012 • IRAS 13097-0404 • 2MASX J13122290-0420111 • GC 3445 • H II 637 • h 1552 • LDCE 0947 NED003 • LEDA 45862 | |
NGC 5015 is a 12.3 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBa in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 137 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 5036 , NGC 5039 , IC 855 , among others .
The object was discovered on March 11, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who noted "F, cL, iR, lbM, time inaccurate"; He described a second observation as "eF, eS, cE 55 degrees".
Web links
- NGC 5015. SIMBAD, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- NGC 5015. DSO Browser, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- Courtney Seligman: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5000 - 5049. Retrieved February 24, 2015 .