NGC 5060
| Galaxy NGC 5060 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 17 m 16.2 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 02 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020791 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 6233 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(276 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (84.7 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5060 • UGC 8351 • PGC 46278 • CGCG 044-053 • MCG + 01-34-015 • IRAS 13147 + 0618 • 2MASX J13171622 + 0602149 • LDCE 0952 NED003 • LEDA 46278 | |
NGC 5060 is a 13.3 mag bright bar spiral galaxy of the Hubble type "SBb" in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 276 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5027 and IC 872 .
The object was discovered on April 17, 1863 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
- NGC 5060. SIMBAD, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- NGC 5060. DSO Browser, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5060. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 24, 2015 .