NGC 5050
| Galaxy NGC 5050 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 15 m 41.7 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 52 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 32 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019707 +/- 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 5908 +/- 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(261 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.1 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | April 30, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5050 • UGC 8329 • PGC 46138 • CGCG 044-043 • MCG + 01-34-012 • 2MASX J13154175 + 0252448 • GC 5724 • | |
NGC 5050 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It has an apparent magnitude of 13.8 mag and is an estimated 261 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on April 30, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 5050. SIMBAD, accessed May 17, 2015 .
- NGC 5050. DSO Browser, accessed May 17, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5050. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 17, 2015 .