NGC 5017
| Galaxy NGC 5017 |
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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 54.5 s |
| declination | -16 ° 45 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | CD? / E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 39 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5044 group LGG 338 |
| Redshift | 0.008493 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 2546 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(109 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (33.3 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5017 • PGC 45900 • MCG -03-34-016 • 2MASX J13125449-1645571 • GC 3447 • H III 669 • h 1553 • GALEX ASC J131254.47-164558.1 • LDCE 955 NED012 | |
NGC 5017 is a 12.6 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is an estimated 109 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5030 , NGC 5031 , NGC 5035 , NGC 5037 .
The object was discovered on May 7, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, which only noted "vF".