NGC 5235
| Galaxy NGC 5235 |
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| NGC 5235 with LEDA 214124 (l) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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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 |
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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".