NGC 5059
| Galaxy NGC 5059 |
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![NGC 5059 [1] SDSS](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5059_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5059 SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 16 m 58.461 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 50 ′ 40.15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.048884 ± 0.000137 |
| Radial velocity | 14,655 ± 41 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(653 ± 46) · 10 6 ly (200.2 ± 14.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5059 • UGC 8344 • PGC 46244 • CGCG 044-050 • 2MASX J13165848 + 0750407 • GC 5725 • GALEX ASC J131658.43 + 075038.8 • NSA 163288 • WISEA J131658.46 + 075040.3 | |
NGC 5059 is a 14.9 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 653 million light years from the Milky Way and about 175,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5071 , NGC 5075 , NGC 5080 , IC 4223 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 25, 1865 .
Web links
- NGC 5059. SIMBAD , accessed February 24, 2015 .
- NGC 5059. DSO Browser, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 5059. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 24, 2015 .