NGC 5229
| Galaxy NGC 5229 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 34 m 02.8 s |
| declination | + 47 ° 54 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) d? sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.3 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 167 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 347 |
| Redshift | 0.001214 +/- 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 364 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(20 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (6.24 ± 0.45) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | January 1, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5229 • UGC 8550 • PGC 47788 • CGCG 246-013 • MCG + 08-25-019 • | |
NGC 5229 is a 13.7 mag bright bar-spiral-shaped Low Surface Brightness Galaxy of the Hubble-type SBcd in the constellation Hounds and about 20 million light-years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on January 1, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 5229. SIMBAD, accessed July 22, 2015 .
- NGC 5229. DSO Browser, accessed July 22, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5229. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 22, 2015 (English).