NGC 5261
| Galaxy NGC 5261 |
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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 40 m 16.1 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 04 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 141 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022819 +/- 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 6841 +/- 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(304 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (93.2 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5261 • PGC 48360 • CGCG 045-067 • GC 3626 • h 1657 • LDCE 0997 NED010 | |
NGC 5261 is a 14.2 likes bright galaxy from the Hubble type S in the constellation Virgo and about 304 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by John Herschel on April 17, 1830 .
Web links
- NGC 5261. SIMBAD, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- NGC 5261. DSO Browser, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5261. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 8, 2016 .