NGC 5115
| Galaxy NGC 5115 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 23 m 00.4 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 57 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBcd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 97 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5129 group |
| Redshift | 0.024357 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7302 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(326 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.8 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5115 • UGC 8408 • PGC 46754 • CGCG 072-057 • MCG + 02-34-010 • IRAS F13205 + 1412 • 2MASX J13230036 + 1357022 • GALEX ASC J132300.44 + 135704.0 • | |
NGC 5115 is a 13.9 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 326 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly
. a. the galaxy NGC 5129 , NGC 5132 , NGC 5136 , NGC 5137 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on March 25, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5115. SIMBAD, accessed June 18, 2015 .
- NGC 5115. DSO Browser, accessed June 18, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5115. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 18, 2015 .