NGC 5217
| Galaxy NGC 5217 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 34 m 05.9 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 51 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 '× 1.4' |
| Position angle | 179 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026842 ± 0.000147 |
| Radial velocity | 8047 ± 44 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(359 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (110.2 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| diameter | 160,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5217 • UGC 8546 • PGC 47793 • CGCG 102-019 • MCG + 03-35-009 • 2MASX J13340593 + 1751244 • GC 3591 • h 1634 • GALEX ASC J133405.83 + 175122.4 | |
NGC 5217 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation hair Berenice the northern sky . It is estimated to be 359 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 160,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5190 , IC 894 , IC 897 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on May 7, 1826 .