NGC 5047
| Galaxy NGC 5047 |
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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 15 m 48.5 s |
| declination | -16 ° 31 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 75 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5044 group |
| Redshift | 0.006276 ± 0.000169 |
| Radial velocity | 1881 ± 51 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(79 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.2 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5047 • PGC 46150 • MCG -03-34-036 • 2MASX J13154852-1631080 • GC 3468 • H III 670 • LDCE 967 NED002 | |
NGC 5047 is a 12.6 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is an estimated 79 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5037 , NGC 5044 , NGC 5046 , NGC 5049 .
The object was discovered on May 7, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who only described it as “vF”.