NGC 5235
Galaxy NGC 5235 |
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NGC 5235 with LEDA 214124 (l) SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 36 m 1.406 s |
declination | + 06 ° 35 ′ 07.27 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB |
Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 120 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.021949 ± 0.000033 |
Radial velocity | 6580 ± 10 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(293 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (89.7 ± 6.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | April 13, 1784 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5235 • UGC 8582 • PGC 47984 • CGCG 045-036 • MCG + 01-35-012 • IRAS 13335 + 0650 • 2MASX J13360139 + 0635076 • GC 3605 • H III 100 • h 1644 • GALEX ASC J133601.40 + 063506.3 • • LDCE 989 NED006 • NVSS J133601 + 063508 |
NGC 5235 is a 14.0 mag bright bar spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 293 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5210 , NGC 5224 , NGC 5239 .
The object was discovered on April 13, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, E".