NGC 5285
| Galaxy NGC 5285 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 44 m 25.8 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 06 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + pec; BrClG |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.072250 +/- 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 21660 +/- 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(966 ± 68) · 10 6 Lj (296.1 ± 20.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | April 29, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5285 • PGC 48688 • CGCG 017-065 • | |
NGC 5285 is a 14.2 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E in the constellation Virgo and about 966 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Édouard Stephan on April 29, 1881 .
Web links
- NGC 5285. SIMBAD, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- NGC 5285. DSO Browser, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5285. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 8, 2016 .