NGC 5028
| Galaxy NGC 5028 |
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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 13 m 45.8 s |
| declination | -13 ° 02 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E6 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022015 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 6600 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(290 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (89.0 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | May 12, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5028 • PGC 45976 • MCG -02-34-011 • LDCE 0937 NED008 | |
NGC 5028 is a 12.3 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E6 in the constellation of Virgo and about 290 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
The object was discovered on May 12, 1882 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .
Web links
- NGC 5028. SIMBAD, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- NGC 5028. DSO Browser, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5028. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 24, 2015 .