NGC 5209
| Galaxy NGC 5209 |
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![NGC 5209 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5209_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5209 SDSS Recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 32 m 42.540 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 19 ′ 38.10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023513 ± 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 7049 ± 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(313 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (96.1 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 23, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5209 • UGC 8522 • PGC 47654 • CGCG 045-009 • MCG + 01-35-002 • 2MASX J13324251 + 0719382 • GC 3583 • H III 10 • h 1628 • LDCE 989 NED002 • GALEX ASC J133242.60 + 071938.3 • NVSS J133242 + 071937 • WISEA J133242.54 + 071938.2 | |
NGC 5209 is a 13.5 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E2 with an active galaxy core in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 313 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5208 , NGC 5210 , NGC 5212 , NGC 5239 .
The object was discovered on January 23, 1784 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 5208 .