NGC 5071
| Galaxy NGC 5071 |
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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 18 m 37.2 s |
| declination | + -07 ° 56 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 144 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.044561 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 13,359 +/- 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(595 ± 42) · 10 6 ly (182.5 ± 12.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5071 • PGC 46375 • CGCG 044-062 • 2MASX J13183717 + 0756079 • GC 5729 • | |
NGC 5071 is a 14.5 mag bright radio galaxy of the Hubble type S? in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 595 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 160,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5059 , NGC 5075 , NGC 5080 , IC 4223 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 25, 1865 .
Web links
- NGC 5071. SIMBAD, accessed May 25, 2015 .
- NGC 5071. DSO Browser, accessed May 25, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5071. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 25, 2015 .