NGC 5277
| Galaxy NGC 5277 |
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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 38.4 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 57 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 138 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039777 +/- 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 11925 +/- 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(535 ± 38) · 10 6 Lj (164.0 ± 11.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 23, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5277 • PGC 48563 • CGCG 161-129 • KUG 1340 + 302 • | |
NGC 5277 is a 14.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation hunting dogs and about 535 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on May 23, 1881 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5277. SIMBAD, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- NGC 5277. DSO Browser, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5277. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 8, 2016 .