NGC 5205
| Galaxy NGC 5205 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 30 m 03.6 s |
| declination | + 62 ° 30 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 166 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005891 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 1766 +/- 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(84 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.9 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 18, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5205 • UGC 8501 • PGC 47425 • CGCG 316-017 • MCG + 11-17-003 • IRAS 13283 + 6245 • 2MASX J13300369 + 6230415 • LEDA 47425 | |
NGC 5205 is a 12.4 mag bright spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Great Bear. It is estimated to be 84 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5216 and NGC 5218 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on May 18, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5205. SIMBAD, accessed July 10, 2015 .
- NGC 5205. DSO Browser, accessed July 10, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5205. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 10, 2015 .