NGC 5224
| Galaxy NGC 5224 |
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![NGC 5224 with SDSS J133506.54 + 062947.9 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5224_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5224 with SDSS J133506.54 + 062947.9 SDSS Recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 35 m 08.855 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 28 ′ 51.98 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022752 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 6821 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(303 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (93.0 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 12, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5224 • PGC 47884 • CGCG 045-030 • MCG + 01-35-009 • 2MASX J13350883 + 0628519 • GC 3588 • H III 926 • h 1633 • GALEX ASC J133508.82 + 062851.0 • LDCE 0989 NED004 • WISEA J133508.87 +062852.2 | |
NGC 5224 is a 14.0 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S with an active galaxy core in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 303 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5210 , NGC 5212 , NGC 5235 , NGC 5239 .
The object was discovered on May 12, 1793 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “vF, S, Sp a cB star”.