NGC 5225
Galaxy NGC 5225 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hunting dogs |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 33 m 20.1 s |
declination | + 51 ° 29 ′ 25 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S? |
Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.015407 +/- 0.000103 |
Radial velocity | 4619 +/- 31 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(211 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (64.7 ± 4.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | April 26, 1789 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5225 • UGC 8540 • PGC 47731 • CGCG 271-050 • MCG + 09-22-078 • GC 3599 • H III 822 • LDCE 0990 NED001 |
NGC 5225 is a 13.7 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation of the hunting dogs and about 211 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on April 26, 1789 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "cF, pS, iR, lbM".