NGC 5075
| Galaxy NGC 5075 |
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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 19 m 06.2 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 49 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021728 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 6514 +/- 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(289 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.7 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5075 • PGC 46424 • CGCG 044-065 • 2MASX J13190624 + 0749513 • GC 5731 • GALEX ASC J131906.29 + 074952.0 | |
NGC 5075 is a 13.9 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type "E0" in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 289 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5059 , NGC 5071 , NGC 5080 , IC 4223 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 25, 1865 .
Web links
- NGC 5075. SIMBAD, accessed May 26, 2015 .
- NGC 5075. DSO Browser, accessed May 26, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5075. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 26, 2015 .