NGC 5287
| Galaxy NGC 5287 |
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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 44 m 52.5 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 46 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 100 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.061856 +/- 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 18544 +/- 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(830 ± 58) · 10 6 ly (254.6 ± 17.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 25, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5287 • PGC 48741 • MCG + 05-32-79 • | |
NGC 5287 is a 15.3 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation hunting dogs and about 830 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Édouard Stephan on May 25, 1881 .
Web links
- NGC 5287. SIMBAD, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- NGC 5287. DSO Browser, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5287. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 8, 2016 .