NGC 5280
| Galaxy NGC 5280 |
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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 55.5 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 52 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.036415 ± 0.0001 |
| Radial velocity | 10917 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(490 ± 34) · 10 6 ly (150.1 ± 10.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 23, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5280 • PGC 48580 • CGCG 161-131 • MCG + 05-32-72 • 2MASX J13425552 + 2952070 • | |
NGC 5280 is a 13.9 likes bright elliptical galaxy in the constellation hunting dogs and about 490 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on May 23, 1881 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5280. SIMBAD, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- NGC 5280. DSO Browser, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5280. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 8, 2016 .