NGC 5097
| Galaxy NGC 5097 |
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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 59.7 s |
| declination | -12 ° 28 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E4 / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007982 ± 0.000024 |
| Radial velocity | 2393 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(102 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.4 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 3, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5097 • PGC 46602 • IRAS 13183-1212 • 2MASX J13205967-1228164 • HIPASS J1321-12a • NVSS J132059-122817 | |
NGC 5097 is a 14.6 likes bright elliptical dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type E4 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 102 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5070 , NGC 5077 , NGC 5079 , NGC 5088 .
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 3, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 5097. SIMBAD , accessed June 11, 2015 .
- NGC 5097. DSO Browser, accessed June 11, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 5097. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 11, 2015 .