NGC 5226
| Galaxy NGC 5226 |
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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 55 m 03.6 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 55 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 24 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024488 +/- 0.000148 |
| Radial velocity | 7341 +/- 44 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(327 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.4 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Johan Dreyer |
| Discovery date | April 5, 1877 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5226 • PGC 47877 • 2MASX J13350365 + 1355200 • GC 6249 • | |
NGC 5226 is a 15.8 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble-type S? in the constellation of Virgo . It is an estimated 327 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on April 5, 1877 by Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer .
Web links
- NGC 5226. SIMBAD, accessed July 22, 2015 .
- NGC 5226. DSO Browser, accessed July 22, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5226. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 22, 2015 (English).