NGC 5080
| Galaxy NGC 5080 |
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![NGC 5080 [1] SDSS](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5080_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5080 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 19.222 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 25 ′ 44.91 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 99 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021785 ± 0.000157 |
| Radial velocity | 6531 ± 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(290 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (88.9 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Holden |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5080 • PGC 46440 • CGCG 072-046 • MCG + 02-34-007 • 2MASX J13191921 + 0825443 • GALEX ASC J131919.27 + 082545.1 • NSA 77800 • WISEA J131919.21 + 082544.9 | |
NGC 5080 is a 13.6 mag bright, compact galaxy of the Hubble-type E? in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 290 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5071 , NGC 5075 , NGC 5100 , IC 4223 .
The object was discovered on April 27, 1881 by Edward Singleton Holden .
Web links
- NGC 5080. SIMBAD , accessed May 27, 2015 .
- NGC 5080. DSO Browser, accessed May 27, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 5080. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 27, 2015 (English).