NGC 5211
| Galaxy NGC 5211 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 33 m 05.3 s |
| declination | -01 ° 02 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (rs) from pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012385 +/- 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 3713 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(163 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (50.1 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5211 • UGC 8530 • PGC 47709 • CGCG 017-021 • MCG + 00-35-009 • IRAS 13305-0046 • GC 3585 • h 1630 • LDCE 0986 NED003 | |
NGC 5211 is a 12.8 mag bright bar spiral galaxy with an active galaxy core (LINER type) of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Virgo and about 163 million light years from the Milky Way.
The object was discovered on April 14, 1828 by John Herschel .
Web links
- NGC 5211. SIMBAD, accessed July 10, 2015 .
- NGC 5211. DSO Browser, accessed July 10, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5211. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 10, 2015 .