NGC 5227
| Galaxy NGC 5227 |
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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 35 m 24.5 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 24 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) b / NLAGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017479 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 5240 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(232 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.1 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 13, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5227 • UGC 8566 • PGC 47915 • CGCG 017-029 • MCG + 00-35-010 • IRAS 13328 + 0140 • 2MASX J13352457 + 0124376 • GC 3600 • H III 928 • h 1641 • | |
NGC 5227 is a 12.9 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type SBb in the constellation Virgo . It is an estimated 232 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on May 13, 1793 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, S".