NGC 5085
| Galaxy NGC 5085 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 20 m 17.7 s |
| declination | -24 ° 26 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.5 ′ × 3.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 38 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 5061 group NGC 5101 group LGG 341 |
| Redshift | 0.006525 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1956 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(82 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.0 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 26, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5085 • UGCA 349 • PGC 46531 • ESO 508-050 • MCG -04-32-005 • IRAS 13175-2410 • 2MASX J13201659-2426464 • SGC 131734-2410.7 • GC 3492 • H II 780 • GALEX ASC J132017.73- 242626.8 • LDCE 964 NED008 | |
NGC 5085 is a 11.7 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 82 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
It was discovered on March 26, 1789 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F, R, resolvable, comparable, 4 'diameter".