NGC 5088
| Galaxy NGC 5088 |
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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 20 m 20.2 s |
| declination | -12 ° 34 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004777 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1432 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(60 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.3 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | April 18, 1855 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5088 • PGC 46535 • MCG -02-34-034 • IRAS 13176-1218 • 2MASX J13202023-1234185 • GC 3489 • HIPASS J1320-12 • HOLM 515A | |
NGC 5088 is a 12.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 60 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5076 , NGC 5077 , NGC 5079 , NGC 5097 .
The object was discovered on April 18, 1855 by RJ Mitchell , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
- NGC 5088. SIMBAD, accessed May 27, 2015 .
- NGC 5088. DSO Browser, accessed May 27, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5088. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 27, 2015 .