NGC 5241
| Galaxy NGC 5241 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 36 m 39.9 s |
| declination | -08 ° 24 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) from: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021595 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 6474 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(286 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.6 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | March 29, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5241 • PGC 48043 • MCG -01-35-006 • IRAS 13340-0808 • 2MASX J13363986-0824065 • LDCE 994 NED005 | |
NGC 5241 is a 14.2 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is an estimated 286 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5232 and IC 899 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on March 29, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 5241. SIMBAD, accessed July 25, 2015 .
- NGC 5241. DSO Browser, accessed July 25, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5241. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 25, 2015 .