NGC 5207

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Galaxy
NGC 5207
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NGC 5207 [1] SDSS image
NGC 5207 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 32 m 14.0 s
declination + 13 ° 53 ′ 33 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (r) b  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.7 ′ × 1 ′
Position angle 140 °
Surface brightness 14.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.025521 ± 0.000020  
Radial velocity 7651 ± 6 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(341 ± 24)  ·  10 6  ly
(104.6 ± 7.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date March 19, 1787
Catalog names
NGC  5207 • UGC  8518 • PGC  47612 • CGCG  073-018 • MCG  + 02-35-001 • IRAS  F13297 + 1409 • GC  3581 • H  III 643 • h  1626 • GALEX ASC J133214.08 + 135332.0 • LDCE 0985 NED003

NGC 5207 is a 13.6 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBb in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 341 million light years from the Milky Way and about 175,000 light years across .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5185 , NGC 5221 , NGC 5222 , NGC 5226 .

The object was discovered on March 19, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “vF, S, lE, just sf a star”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 5207
  4. ↑ Seligman
  5. ↑ Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 5207. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 9, 2015 (English).