NGC 5110
| Galaxy NGC 5110 / NGC 5111 |
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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 22 m 56.5 s |
| declination | -12 ° 57 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 / S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018396 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 5515 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(242 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.2 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 11, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5110 • 5111 • PGC 46737 • MCG -02-34-041 • 2MASX J13225651-1257530 • GC 3510 • H III 119 • h 1587 • GALEX ASC J132256.61-125750.8 • LDCE 972 NED001 | |
NGC 5110 = NGC 5111 is a 13.3 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 242 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 145,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 5097 , NGC 5099 , NGC 5105 , IC 4235 .
The object was discovered twice; first on April 24, 1789 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope , who described it as "eF, vS, stellar, verified with 240 power" (listed as NGC 5111 ). The second discovery followed on June 3, 1886 by Lewis A. Swift (listed as NGC 5110 ).