NGC 5170
| Galaxy NGC 5170 |
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| High-resolution image from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 29 m 48.8 s |
| declination | -17 ° 57 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 8 ′, 2 × 1 ′, 0 |
| Position angle | 127 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005006 +/- 0.000001 |
| Radial velocity | 1501 +/- 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(62 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (19.1 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 7, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5170 • UGCA 360 • PGC 47396 • ESO 576-G065 • MCG -03-34-84 • IRAS 13271-1742 • 2MASX J13294883-1757593 • SGC 132707-1742.6 • GC 3557 • H V 22 • h 1610 • HIPASS J1329- 17 • FGC 1626 • LDCE 0955 NED044 | |
NGC 5170 is a relatively isolated edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo . It is around 62 million light years away. The globular cluster system of this galaxy was the subject of an analysis using HST images.
The object was discovered on February 7, 1785 by William Herschel using his 18.7-inch mirror telescope.
Web links
- NGC 5170. SIMBAD, accessed July 1, 2015 .
- NGC 5170. DSO Browser, accessed July 1, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5170. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 1, 2015 .