NGC 5099
| Galaxy NGC 5099 |
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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 21 m 19.6 s |
| declination | -13 ° 02 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004412 ± 0.000039 |
| Radial velocity | 1323 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(55 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.8 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 3, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5099 • PGC 46627 • 2MASX J13211966-1302306 • HIPASS J1321-12b | |
NGC 5099 is a 14.3 likes bright elliptical dwarf galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 55 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 10,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5079 , NGC 5088 , NGC 5105 , NGC 5110 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 3, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 5099. SIMBAD, accessed June 11, 2015 .
- NGC 5099. DSO Browser, accessed June 11, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5099. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 11, 2015 .