NGC 5387
| Galaxy NGC 5387 |
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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 58 m 24.8 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 04 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc: sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 22 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017305 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5188 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(231 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.8 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | May 8, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5387 • UGC 8891 • PGC 49724 • CGCG 046-026 • MCG + 01-36-11 • IRAS 13559 + 0618 • 2MASX J13582480 + 0604166 • GC 5754 • | |
NGC 5387 is a 14.0 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Virgo . It is estimated to be 231 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on May 8, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 5387. SIMBAD, accessed February 22, 2016 .
- NGC 5387. DSO Browser, accessed February 22, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5387. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 22, 2016 (English).