NGC 5208
| Galaxy NGC 5208 |
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![NGC 5208 with LEDA 47640 (lu) & ECO 12362 (ro) [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5208_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5208 with LEDA 47640 (lu) & ECO 12362 (ro) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 32 m 27.935 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 18 ′ 59.20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 450 |
| Redshift | 0.022552 ± 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 6761 ± 38 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(301 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (92.2 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5208 • UGC 8518 • PGC 47612 • CGCG 073-018 • MCG + 02-35-001 • IRAS F13297 + 1409 • GC 3582 • H III 9 • h 1627 • GALEX ASC J133227.93 + 071858.4 • LDCE 989 NED001 • NVSS J133228 + 071858 | |
NGC 5208 is a 13.9 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 with an active galaxy core in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 301 million light years from the Milky Way and about 155,000 light years across. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy trio together with PGC 47640 and ECO 12362 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5209 , NGC 5210 , NGC 5212 , NGC 5239 .
The object was discovered on March 19, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, which she labeled “Two. Both vF and vS ”described. The other object mentioned is NGC 5209 .