NGC 5271
| Galaxy NGC 5271 |
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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 41 m 42.4 s |
| declination | + 30 ° 07 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037109 +/- 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 11125 +/- 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(499 ± 35) · 10 6 Lj (153.0 ± 10.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 22, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5271 • PGC 48477 • CGCG 161-120 • MCG + 05-32-65 • | |
NGC 5271 is a 14.3 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Hounds . It is about 499 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on May 22, 1881 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5271. SIMBAD, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- NGC 5271. DSO Browser, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5271. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 8, 2016 .