NGC 5283

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Galaxy
NGC 5283
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Constellation Dragon
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 41 m 05.7 s
declination + 67 ° 40 ′ 20 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0? / Sy2  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 1.0 ′
Position angle 0 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.010404 +/- 0.000140  
Radial velocity 3119 +/- 42 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(145 ± 10)  ·  10 6  ly
(44.6 ± 3.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Heinrich d'Arrest
Discovery date October 7, 1866
Catalog names
NGC  5283 • UGC  8672 • PGC  48425 • CGCG  317-006 • MCG  + 11-17-07 • IRAS  Z13397 + 6755 • Mrk  270 •

NGC 5283 is a 13.5 likes bright lenticular Seyfert galaxy (type 2) from the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Centaurus and about 145 million light years away from the Milky Way.

It was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on October 7, 1866 .

Web links

  • NGC 5283. SIMBAD, accessed February 8, 2016 .
  • NGC 5283. DSO Browser, accessed February 8, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5283. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 8, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 5283
  3. Seligman