NGC 5066
| Galaxy NGC 5066 |
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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 18 m 28.4 s |
| declination | -10 ° 14 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB? (R:) a / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009350 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 2803 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(121 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (37.1 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | May 30, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5066 • 5069 • PGC 46360 • MCG -02-34-020 • GC 5727 • GALEX ASC J131828.39-101401.0 | |
NGC 5066 = NGC 5069 is a 13.5 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 121 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years across. In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 4216 .
The object was discovered on May 30, 1864 by Albert Marth (listed as NGC 5066 ) and rediscovered in 1886 by Ormond Stone with a 26-inch refractor (and listed as NGC 5069 ).
Web links
- NGC 5066. SIMBAD , accessed May 20, 2015 .
- NGC 5066. DSO Browser, accessed May 20, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5066. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 20, 2015 (English).