NGC 5039
| Galaxy NGC 5039 |
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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 14 m 44.4 s |
| declination | -04 ° 13 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa: |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017782 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 5331 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(235 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (71.9 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | January 25, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5039 • PGC 46064 • IRAS F13123-0353 • 2MASX J13145192-0409294 • GALEX ASC J131452.02-040928.7 | |
NGC 5039 is a 15.4 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 235 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 50,000 ly. In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5015 and NGC 5036 .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on January 25, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5039. SIMBAD, accessed May 12, 2015 .
- NGC 5039. DSO Browser, accessed May 12, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5039. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 12, 2015 .