NGC 5115

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Galaxy
NGC 5115
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SDSS
SDSS
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 5115
  3. Seligman