NGC 5276
| Galaxy NGC 5276 |
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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 42 m 22.0 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 37 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018127 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 5434 +/- 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(246 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.3 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1856 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5276 • UGC 8680 • PGC 48542 • CGCG 190-043 • MCG + 06-30-74 • IRAS 13400 + 3553 • KUG 1340 + 358 • | |
NGC 5276 is a 13.9 mag bar -spiral shaped radio galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation of the Hounds and about 246 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on March 27, 1856 by RJ Mitchell , an assistant to William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse .
Web links
- NGC 5276. SIMBAD, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- NGC 5276. DSO Browser, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5276. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 8, 2016 .